The last few weeks have given us headlines many Americans never imagined they’d see. “Trump Embraces State Capitalism.” “Trump Is Making Socialism Great Again.” “Is MAGA going Marxist and Maoist?” For ...

State capitalism denotes a mode of economic organisation in which the state plays a central role as investor, regulator and owner of productive assets. Emerging from shifts in global markets, ...

If “state capitalism” were proposed by Democrats or progressives, it would be considered socialism or communism. Done by a neofascist president — as chronicled by the Wall Street Journal — it’s simply ...

The ideas here have been expanded in The Problématique of State Capitalism as part of the book The Spectre of State Capitalism with Adam D Dixon (2023) available via Open Access here. At the risk of ...

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, In Washington, occasional efforts at industrial policy (of which I’m highly skeptical as a baseline) usually take shape through length and ...

In his new book, State Capitalism: How the Return of Statism is Transforming the World, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia Joshua Kurlantzick analyzes the rise in state ...

President Trump’s massive trade and investment deals risk creating a fiat economy. In an August 5 interview with CNBC, President Donald Trump hailed his new trade deals with Japan, South Korea, and ...

Editor’s Note: Nick Hanauer is a Seattle entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and founder of Civic Ventures. He was an early investor in Amazon and is co-founder of Second Avenue Partners. This piece is ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Jessica Mendoza: In the United States, the economic system is usually described ...

Donald Trump’s success at compelling some American corporations to accept partial government ownership is neither communism nor socialism, as various market fundamentalists have fretted. As I’ve noted ...

How to assess the health of democratic capitalism in the United States? Fundamentally, it is very strong. The marriage of democratic politics and a free-market economy continues to strengthen each, ...

As last week was coming to a close, the Washington State Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on Friday, March 24, permitting the imposition of a state tax on capital gains. The Supreme Court of ...