Something similar might be said of our democratic and free-market economic system. For all its faults, it beats hands down the top-down and autocratically run economies of our main political rivals.

The phrase “political order” is meant to connote a constellation of ideologies, policies and constituencies that shape American politics in ways that endure beyond election cycles.

China has crafted a unique approach to international relations and economic policy. As described in Bethany Allen’s Beijing Rules, this method combines robust market gatekeeping with strategic ...

The U.S. income tax system is already one of the most progressive in the developed world. According to the latest IRS data, the top 1% of earners pay more in federal income taxes than the bottom ...

A couple of years ago, President Barack Obama, speaking on the economy, told an audience in Osawatomie, Kansas: “’The market will take care of everything,’ they tell us. ... But here’s the ...

This brings us to an even bigger issue: economic contagion. Back in the Free Banking era, the system was simpler and less interconnected, so the failure of one bank or even a cluster of them ...

Marilyn Genter/The Image Works Leading free-market economists point to various culprits behind the 2008 meltdown, such as skyrocketing oil prices.. S ince the financial crisis began in September 2008, ...

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.

An economically viable trading system does not require everyone to be free market loving capitalists. But an “every country for itself” mentality will leave everyone worse off in the end.

John Cassidy writes about the economic policies of Argentina’s new President-elect, Javier Milei, a right-wing populist with authoritarian instincts.

Something similar might be said of our democratic and free-market economic system. For all its faults, it beats hands down the top-down and autocratically run economies of our main political rivals.