Though admirable as a humanist ideal, study after study has shown that in the real world socialism doesn’t work very well. Sadly, it leaves the work force insufficiently motivated to put forth its ...

The massive and still-unfolding story of Cambridge Analytica and Facebook has spawned a debate about what a “data breach” is, and whether this was that. Facebook itself took issue with the notion that ...

This article appears in the February 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. In the past few decades, American capitalism has become more concentrated, more corrupt, and more ...