Few words stir up more emotion in American politics than socialism. How many times have you heard someone yell out, "you're a socialist!" For some, it evokes images of equality and shared prosperity.

The New York City mayoral race has democratic socialism on every voter's mind, given that it is the basis for frontrunner Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign. But what exactly is a Democratic Socialist, ...

The off-year elections are over. After winning two key governorships and many other races, Democrats are happier than Republicans. And pundits are ascribing a lot of economic meaning to the outcome.

The government’s buying stakes in corporations and exerting pressure in private enterprise under President Trump is a form of creeping socialism. It will worsen if and when the Democrats retake power.

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani‘s winning message was affordability: that the necessities of life are increasingly out of reach for most people and that government is the answer. “There is no ...

Democratic socialism is gaining traction among younger Americans due to their dissatisfaction with capitalism, which has ...

Voluntary transactions between consumers, firms, employees, and investors and direction using coercive commands, or capitalism and socialism, provide alternative ways to organize an economy. America’s ...