(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) While many people bandy around the term “capitalism,” it actually comes in many ...

The Spirit Airlines Bailout Is a Bad Idea Built on a Worse Precedent Audio By Carbonatix A review of Andy Puzder’s new book, A Tyranny for the Good of Its Victims. Writing shortly before President ...

To the editor: Capitalism is good. It rewards innovation and creativity and results in prosperity. In theory, all members of a capitalist society benefit from national prosperity. But, as history has ...

Standard Chartered chief executive Bill Winters says environmentally conscious investing can be good for business, dismissing the impact of a U.S. crusade against mission-driven investments. His ...

In the fall of 2019, as editor of Fast Company, I commissioned a package of stories on innovators working to reinvent and bolster capitalism to make it more equitable and environmentally ...

A valedictory ideally steers clear of the inflammatory for sentiments that are ecumenical and uplifting, but that doesn’t mean it can’t provoke a little self-reflection. In the address that I give at ...

Capitalism is often thought of as an economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in markets in a way that ...

The terms “capitalist economy” and “free market economy” are often used interchangeably, but there are differences, at least in the theories that underpin them. In both, the law of supply and demand ...