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In the 20th century, a moral economy of “whites-only” wealth animated federal policies and programs that created the propertied white middle class.

In World War II, the US had a planned economy. Its principles were similar to MMT.

The argument that corporations have historically been a force for good—and can be again—is wishful thinking.

The retail giant’s mail-order business reigned supreme for more than a century, offering everything from quack cures to ready-to-build homes.

Hyperindividualism has infiltrated our economic, social, and political landscape.

The untold story of the private equity investors behind Mifeprex—and their escalating legal battle to cash in post-Dobbs.

The result has been reactionary, often racist intellectual defenses of inequality.

Palm oil is in everything, but it is also enmeshed in global supply chains that rely on brutal working conditions and the destruction of the planet.

Heirs to an iconic fortune sought out a wealth manager who would assuage their progressive consciences. Now their dispute is exposing dynastic secrets.

Lillian Gilbreth, who died just over fifty years ago, saw that the worker could not be understood as a cog in the machine.

Why does the government have the power to break massive union strikes? Part of the story is a history of conciliatory railway unionism.

Other emigrants such as Wolfe Tone did not compromise their principles in unfamiliar environments.

The school was funded by colonial taxation of tobacco grown by forced labor on colonized Indian lands.

The hidden story of a 180-year-old union-busting spy agency.

A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam.

The railroad company remains a site for Americans to grapple with key questions about the nature of American capitalism.

Despite their failure to achieve their ultimate goal, the IWW and its resilient members can be examples for the resurgent unions of today.

The history of guest worker programs should give pause to supporters of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

Smith's influence on American politics, and the misunderstanding at the heart of our idea of the "champion of capitalism."

A disastrous oil spill in Alaska and massive rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico revealed a pattern of unsettled standards and inconsistent oversight.

Congress was able to break the rail strike last week because of a century-old law designed to weaken the disruptive power of unions.

Firestone’s racist system of forced labor made Princeton one of the world’s foremost research universities.

Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek have been through the wringer.

How many rich moderates would join the MAGA far right if redistribution policies threatened their wealth?

More than 500 historians signed onto this letter of support for the demands of railway workers.

Wartime production led to environmental and social injustices, polluting land and bodies in ways that continue to shape public policy and race relations.

Decades after the segregation battles of his youth, Jerry Jones has modernized the NFL’s revenue model but hasn’t hired a Black head coach.

Some rail unions are resisting government pressure to accept a new employment contract, but history suggests the authorities will keep the trains running.

Worker sabotage is a weapon of the weak, but capitalist sabotage causes much greater damage.

Research shows the neighborhood you grow up in has profound impact on your future economic success. How did my family's journey across the country impact me?