Capitalism is a distinctive mode of economic organization, one that emerged relatively recently in human history. What distinguishes it, a new history argues, is not a reliance on coercion or ...

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Local zoning policy in America is dreadful. There’s robust evidence it increases housing prices by restricting supply, making many cities unlivable for people with low or modest incomes. Yet despite ...

Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio became a capitalist by definition at the age of 12 (when he started putting money earned from odd jobs into the stock market) and has since been a firm believer in ...

Election results in Britain and Australia point to a deeper crisis in the two-party system, as economic power drifts further ...

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