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 ...

In American culture there is one persistent villain portrayed as the enemy of humanity, the perpetrator of deception, and the agent for social corruption and human harm: the businessman. Whether in ...

Once a system celebrating productivity and enterprise, capitalism in 2025 is increasingly defined by share buybacks and financial engineering. This shift from long-term value creation to short-term ...

The much better alternative to Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh’s straight-jacketed capitalism is a moral capitalism — one born and raised in Minnesota. Fateh, a democratic socialist, can’t ...

Society’s state of being governed consists an objective, natural law — this is the state of nature where it is every man for himself. Thus, if man wants to leave the state of nature he enters into a ...

Digital disruption and the climate crisis are often framed as economic or social challenges. But they force crucial moral questions. Who will be held accountable for the human cost? What will it take ...

As OpenAI marks its tenth birthday in December 2025, it can celebrate becoming one of the world's leading companies, worth perhaps as much as US$1 trillion (£750 billion). But it started as a ...

Socialism is popular again. The rise of politicians such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez shows how the promises of socialism are once again influencing our political debate. It’s not ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Valerie L. Myers, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) Digital disruption and the ...