As Trump embraces state capitalism, Democrats should embrace being the party of practical economic stewardship.

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Attention to individual acts of market intervention, however, has so far failed to fully understand the Trump administration’s actions as ...

The term state capitalism does not have a single definition that is used with consistency and uniformity. The definitions that have been used depend on the context of the discussion, both historically ...

The last few weeks have given us headlines many Americans never imagined they’d see. “Trump Embraces State Capitalism.” “Trump Is Making Socialism Great Again.” “Is MAGA going Marxist and Maoist?” For ...

Donald Trump’s success at compelling some American corporations to accept partial government ownership is neither communism nor socialism, as various market fundamentalists have fretted. As I’ve noted ...

The administration’s 10% equity stake in Intel looks like an embrace of state capitalism, but economist Mariana Mazzucato warns the move is unaligned with any strategy. It might seem like a huge step ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) While many people bandy around the term “capitalism,” it actually comes in many ...

Call it industrial policy, state capitalism, old-fashioned socialism: It’s a bad idea. Across several recent administrations, the U.S. government’s role in the economy has grown increasingly intrusive ...

Trump is having the government buy stakes directly in companies — and it's going to change the way we all do business and ...

The most economically interventionist administration since the New Deal will entrench further in 2026. Trump's state capitalism is personal and transactional: Businesses that align with him receive ...

How to assess the health of democratic capitalism in the United States? Fundamentally, it is very strong. The marriage of democratic politics and a free-market economy continues to strengthen each, ...

Last month, the Trump administration and Nvidia worked out what some have called an unusual and surprising deal for the latter to export its defeatured AI chips. That is, President Trump reversed a ...