Capitalism

Readers can expect discussions ranging from the influencer economy, deepfakes to AI girlfriends, algorithmic desire, & the male loneliness epidemic - all packaged as witty letters to a faceless man

Updated On: 30 Jul 2026 | 10:01 PM IST

This story begins not with Barack Obama's health-care program, or even with Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s, but with the very first US administration, under George Washington

Updated On: 03 Jul 2026 | 10:34 PM IST

The Republican Party, by contrast, has tacitly endorsed Mr Trump's thuggish capitalism, a model nothing like the rules-based market economy that conservatives used to endorse

Updated On: 25 Jun 2026 | 11:04 PM IST

From the US-Iran conflict's global fallout to social media accountability, India's energy challenges and corporate law reforms, today's BS Opinion offers a wide-ranging policy perspective

Updated On: 30 Mar 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Jackson, an economic historian at Berkeley, is a critic of capitalism, which he defines as a system that turns things like labour and land into assets for market exchange

Updated On: 29 Mar 2026 | 10:48 PM IST

Under threat of retaliation from the US, G7 leaders pre-negotiated the new terms in June, and Inclusive Framework members rubber-stamped them last month to avoid picking another fight with Mr Trump

Updated On: 13 Feb 2026 | 11:11 PM IST

From prosperity and human flourishing to the decline of American dominance, shifting global blocs, Bangladesh ties and disability policy, today's Opinion page maps key faultlines

Updated On: 07 Feb 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Material abundance has not broken democratic capitalism - nor has it absolved societies of the harder, older task of learning how to live well

Updated On: 06 Feb 2026 | 11:13 PM IST

Today's Best of BS Opinion looks at India's real GDP growth contrasts with weak nominal growth, persistent air pollution, confusion over AI , and uncertain labour-code implementation and more

Updated On: 01 Dec 2025 | 6:15 AM IST

Sven Beckert's sweeping global history reframes capitalism as a centuries-long, often violent world-making force - rich in detail, ambitious in scope, and certain to provoke debate

Updated On: 30 Nov 2025 | 10:11 PM IST

Today's pieces cover wide ground, from Adam Smith to Bihari exceptionalism to the AI behemoth that threatens to swallow advertising whole, and the enduring vision of Ritwik Ghatak

Updated On: 08 Nov 2025 | 6:15 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman calls for globalisation that aligns with local requirements, emphasising humanism and ethical practices at the IICA North East Conclave in Shillong

Updated On: 11 Jul 2025 | 4:51 PM IST

From Sebi's bold moves to the crisis in higher education, sustainability in rice farming to Iran's nuclear ambitions, today's pieces touch upon key issues that policymakers must grapple with

Updated On: 23 Jun 2025 | 6:15 AM IST

Set in the years just before the turn of the millennium, it recounts the time La Berge, now a writer and English professor, spent in the corporate world, helping a Fortune 500 company prepare for Y2K

Updated On: 22 Jun 2025 | 10:30 PM IST

These are issues one can introspect on, come to a conclusion, and do whatever they want, said Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy about work-life balance

Updated On: 21 Jan 2025 | 7:42 AM IST

Ratan was not the first group head to receive adulation. Archives show when Jamsetji died in 1904, the public was full of praise and love for him

Updated On: 19 Oct 2024 | 1:25 AM IST

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Updated On: 12 Oct 2024 | 6:30 AM IST

Business Standard Manthan: Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times spoke on birth, rise and factors that may lead to the decline of democratic capitalism

Updated On: 27 Mar 2024 | 6:45 PM IST

In his new book, economist Yanis Varoufakis argues that we are essentially in a rentier economy, where technology overlords have become the new aristocrats

Updated On: 18 Jan 2024 | 9:21 PM IST

LIVE updates on World Economic Forum: The theme of the Open Forum Davos 2024, which takes place January 15-19, is: "From Lab to Life: Science in Action". Catch all the latest news updates here

Updated On: 16 Jan 2024 | 11:26 PM IST