This special edition of “Economic Update” is devoted to Understanding Marxism, the title of a short new book just published by Democracy at Work. Today’s program, like the book, explains Marxism’s ...

First things first: Marxism is a theory of capitalism. You can think of it this way: There is a theory of the force called gravity. There is also a theory of the force known as a strong force, which ...

It should hardly be controversial anymore to say we’re embarking on the “end times” of…something. Maybe it’s corporate capitalism, maybe it’s civilization, maybe it’s humanity. Whatever it is, the ...

All science, wrote Marx, “would be superfluous if the appearance, the form, and the nature of things were wholly identical.” (Vol. II, p. 951) Marxian science separates the essential production ...

Paul Mattick, Business As Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Failure of Capitalism. London: Reaktion Books, 2011. David McNally, Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance.

In a twist that would make Karl Marx smile and Adam Smith spin in his grave, President Trump’s recent economic moves have accidentally created the very socialist system his supporters claim to despise ...

Tony (sort of) defends his charge that Obama is a committed Marxist, Arianna calls McCain's campaign McCarthyite; Bob says socialism for the rich is the wrong game plan, and Matt says he hopes that ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Marxist novel written in 1929 has climbed to the top of Japan's best seller list, reflecting growing anxiety about job security and widening income gaps in the world's ...

It sometimes happens that the worst characteristic of an otherwise valuable book is its title. Such is the case with Paul Gottfried’s latest work, The Strange Death of Marxism. Instead of Marxism’s ...

The rise of passive investing is the money management world's biggest trend of the last generation. Earlier this year, we highlighted data from Vanguard that showed that money parked in funds seeking ...