WHAT IS SOCIALISM?
socialism What is socialism? Should the United States become socialist? Socialism, social and economic doctrine that calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property and natural resources. According to the socialist view, individuals do not live or work in isolation but live in cooperation with one another. Furthermore, everything that people produce is in some sense a …
ISRAEL & GAZA
Letters | On Israel and Gaza Letters are welcome via e-mail to letters@economist.com The Future of Gaza Project There is little doubt that a long-term strategy from Israel for peace with the Palestinians is long overdue (“Israel’s agony”, October 14th). One attractive and practical framework would be to prepare a study similar to the one America’s …
WILL AMERICAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE THE AGE OF OLIGARCHS?
Will American Democracy Survive the Age of Oligarchs? Oligarchy is always a transitional system, typically a mere waystation in the shift from democracy to fascism or some other form of authoritarianism… THOM HARTMANN OCT 30 Many of America’s oligarchs — the people whose great wealth and/or ownership of media properties gives them tremendous influence over …