Discover how government impacts capitalism, regulation, and free markets. Explore different economic theories and their views on state intervention.

Explore the core differences between capitalism and socialism in market dynamics, ownership, and economic equality with examples of countries implementing these systems.

These days, it can feel like Americans across the political divide cannot agree on much of anything. But there is encouraging news: When it comes to the economic foundations of human progress and ...

OAKLAND — Since Natufian people first put down roots in the city of Jericho 11,000 years ago, capitalism has been the prevailing economic regime for humans for less than three percent of the time. Yet ...

More and more, governments have seen a need to compel changes in corporate behavior to achieve their foreign policy aims—in effect, to dabble in state capitalism. That shift has been in the works for ...

Yesterday I claimed that most people on the left and right recognize that economics and morality can’t be safely quarantined from each other. But whereas those on the left usually start with questions ...

These days, it can feel like Americans across the political divide cannot agree on much of anything. But there is encouraging news: When it comes to the economic foundations of human progress and flou ...

By Donald Bryson Carolina Journal Today marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations,” one of the most influential books ever written. Published just […] ...

In a Pew Foundation opinion survey report in September of 2022, it was found that only 46 percent of Democrats had a “positive” view of capitalism, down from 55 percent in 2019. On the other hand, 74 ...

Recently I was doing a pre-interview for a panel discussion on an international radio program. The topic was supposed to center around the importance of economic growth. But it quickly became clear to ...