Imagine a world devoid of advertisement, a world where human beings are not reduced to consumers, their desires and behavior dictated by an economic system driven by consumer capitalism. That’s the ...

"Restoring an America That Has Lost Its Way," the byline to this last week's Moyers & Company PBS program. Did you happen to catch it? His guest, for the half hour, was columnist Bob Herbert. He is ...

In a new global history, capitalism is an inescapable vibe—responsible for everything, everywhere, all at once.

This presentation led by UCLA professor Timothy D. Taylor examines some of capitalism’s agents by exploring the practices of trendspotting, carried out by people in advertising agencies and all sorts ...

>This Little Kiddy Went to Market: The Corporate Capture of Childhood By Sharon Beder, Wendy Varney & Richard Gosden UNSW Press, 2009 288 pages, $39.95 (pb). Capitalism's exploitation of children has ...