In celebration of Black History Month, CNBC Invest in You is featuring weekly stories from CNBC contributors, including the lessons they've learned growing up, their advice to Black youth, their ...

According to John Cassidy’s century-spanning history Capitalism and Its Critics, the system lives on because of its antagonists. In 2008, on the precipice of the global financial crisis, the British ...

In her new book, Alyssa Battistoni explores how nature came to be treated as a supposedly cost-free supplement of capital accumulation. Anew kind of politics is taking shape in Japan. This past fall, ...

In today’s economic system, work is often more about survival than fulfillment. Under capitalism, productivity is king—and human value is measured in output, not dignity. This article explores how ...

A look at the ways Americans' confidence in capitalism has been eroding and what changes in our economy mean for your work and wealth.

Speculative fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin famously said, “We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings.” How can we imagine cutting through the ...

Being a business in America can be a little like being a kid on a massive playground. You want to stand out, but it’s so crowded, and your voice can get lost in the noise. More than 30 million ...

Liberal precincts of American society tried various idealistic social experiments during the past decade. Universities went “test-optional” (on the theory that standardized testing helped the ...

Anarcho-capitalism is a political and economic theory that merges the principles of anarchism and capitalism. It advocates for a society without a centralized state, where individuals freely exchange ...