Although the oldest members of Generation Z are just now entering their mid-20s, it was an 80-year-old man who gave a voice to their collective disgust with the system that they were inheriting.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Americans don't much like each-other and many are willing to fight each other over their differences. But what do the opposing factions believe in? When it comes to economic systems and whether ...

Socialism is capitalism’s critical shadow. When lights shift, a shadow may seem to disappear, but sooner or later, with further shifts of light, it comes back. Capitalism’s ideologues have long ...

Experimentation is a major tool in the scientist’s arsenal. We can put the same strain of bacteria into two Petri dishes, for example, and compare the relative effects of two different antibiotics.

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Trust in capitalism has especially diminished among young people, to the point where capitalism and socialism are equally ...

Joseph Schumpeter famously summarized the achievement of capitalism in his 1942 book, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, ...

Lately, the terms capitalism and socialism have been flying through the social ether, typically inappropriately or as misinterpretations, but mostly as perjoratives. To opponents, capitalism is ...

The word socialism is derived from the Latin word sociare, meaning to combine or to share. This idea of sharing (socialism) is woven throughout the teachings of Christ. Throughout the history of ...