Capitalism is a distinctive mode of economic organization, one that emerged relatively recently in human history. What distinguishes it, a new history argues, is not a reliance on coercion or ...

Finland, a civilized nation near the top of the world, has decided to end its experiment providing a basic income to citizens. This will prompt predictable reactions from predictable factions. But ...

In America today, around two-thirds of the national income is paid out to workers in the form of labor compensation: wages, salaries, tips and benefits. The remaining one-third is paid out to ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Near the end of our conversation, Gwenno Saunders (who releases music simply under her first name) asks me what channels of media exist in the U.S. for other languages beyond English. Raised on the ...

A Thai investor reacts to falling share prices after China’s economic slide this August. (Rungroj Yongrit/European Pressphoto Agency) Each week, In Theory takes on a big idea in the news and explores ...

MSNBC's Ali Velshi speaks with Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang about his idea to implement a $1,000 per month universal basic income, which he calls the "Freedom Dividend." Yang says the ...

Swiss activists dumped 8 million five-cent coins in front of Parliament and submitted 130,000 signatures in favor of a UBI referendum. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images) In America today ...