We're highlighting several well-known songs that incorporate political themes that might not be obvious to every listener.

This was never going to last. Such seemingly stable orders never do. The centuries-long history of capitalism shows that ...

Hot girls” have rallied around Zohran Mamdani. “Cool girls” are backing his opponent Andrew Cuomo, and celebrating capitalism ...

Lee regularly incorporates music and other forms of pop culture into his classes and research. He has delivered presentations ...

Uncle Sam is becoming America’s most powerful investor, taking big stakes in companies to bolster supply chains and make money for taxpayers. Both goals have bipartisan support, which suggests this ...

Call it industrial policy, state capitalism, old-fashioned socialism: It’s a bad idea. Across several recent administrations, the US government’s role in the economy has grown increasingly intrusive.

The Trump administration’s first major move into direct investment in the economy came early in the summer with the approval of Nippon Steel’s $17 billion purchase of U.S. Steel. The president said he ...

When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) lashed out at last weekend's "No Kings" rallies soon to arrive on Washington's National Mall, he reached for an old conservative refrain: "They hate capitalism.

If it doesn’t work, the U.S. could be stuck with a bunch of pesos that aren’t worth very much. The administration’s 10% equity stake in Intel looks like an embrace of state capitalism, but economist ...

Trump’s theory of politics. The proliferation of privately held companies during the Reagan years laid the foundations for Trump’s approach to government. Ever since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, ...

President Donald Trump’s increasing control over businesses and the economy is being described by some commentators as “state capitalism”—a mix between socialism and capitalism. But the term “state ...