In “Summer of Fire and Blood,” Lyndal Roper tells the story of the serfs who fought for a better life and the elites who co-opted their movement. By Thomas Meaney What good is one of the communist ...

If Karl Marx hadn't died in 1883, we can suppose he'd be used to being misunderstood and demonized by now. His story and his ideas are certainly more complex than many of us realize. Love and Capital: ...

Though it may seem strange, Karl Marx was not always a communist. As late as 1842, when Marx was in his mid-20s, he actually said he opposed any attempt to establish a communist system. In October ...

Karl Marx’s famous line about religion is one of the most quoted and most misunderstood ideas in modern thought. This video breaks down what Marx actually meant by calling religion the “opium of the ...

American economics departments don't teach Karl Marx or Arthur Laffer for the same reason: their economic theories were wrong ...

Tom Steyer has replaced Howard Schultz as the dumb, vain billionaire in the presidential race (Schultz hasn’t definitely dropped out, but he’s at least on hiatus). Though Steyer hasn’t quite yet ...

The series will follow the lives of Jenny and Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and their families. James Schamus’ Symbolic Exchange, along Germany’s X-Filme, France’s Haut et Court, and the U.K.’s ...

There seems to be some confusion about Karl Marx and Russia. Karl Marx never lived in Russia. I studied Karl Marx in political science class. We studied all forms of government. In the end, we ...

Hasan Piker argues Democrats are struggling to construct effective media narratives. On “Interesting Times,” he tells Ross Douthat why he thinks conservatives are better at pushing their message. By ...

Before industrialization societies were stationary. Afterwards, growth became the new norm. The challenge was how to encase it in conceptual thinking. Economics was invented to do so. The first ...