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From the looms of 18th century Bengal to clothing factories in Cape Town, tariffs have shaped the global economy not through ...
Capitalism did not invent sexism, and it did not invent the family. But it was able to codify and use older familial structures and ideas about a ­woman’s place in society to support its new system.
Both models of state-directed capitalism misallocate resources and make the nation poorer.
The Luddites lost the fight to save their livelihoods. As the threat of artificial intelligence looms, can we do any better?
One of the clearest expressions of national capitalism is the reshoring—or friend-shoring—of industrial supply chains.
Voters in Surrey Centre will have a choice of Liberal incumbent Randeep Sarai, New Democratic Party candidate Dominic ...
After three years of war, the Putin regime is increasingly unable to control its explosive social consequences, which have ...
Capital has never been as strong and as vulnerable. As the world closes doors, India’s interests lie in opening up ...
The richest country in the world has just imposed punitive tariffs on some of the poorest countries in the world. Overnight, Donald Trump has turned capitalism into the monster that the Soviets once ...
The bird flu is about much more than egg prices, and it’s an open question whether industry or policy can slow the spread.
Historically, empires have gone to great lengths to secure potash, a mineral critical to agricultural production.
The Times Opinion columnist discusses what he thinks Trump — and American policymakers — misunderstand about China in the escalating trade war.