# capitalism

Even when times are bad, capitalist states pursue policies that benefit capitalist profit.

Nowadays middle class values largely conform to the neoliberal ideology that has dominated economic discourse for the past 35 years. In light of our current…

MUN professor takes aim at consumer capitalism for its role in the ecological and climate crises, draws inspiration from Pope Francis in leading a local…

Prominent thinkers are speaking out against it and pro-democracy groups are calling for proper public consultations. But is our government listening?

"All is well for western profiteers when their media and politicians can get us quibbling among ourselves over jobs and who gets a better pension."

Are you caught up in the rat race? The principles of homestead economics might just be your way out.

Ed Finn, Newfoundland's first NDP leader, sat down with The Independent to discuss the biggest challenge facing Canada today -- the one nobody's talking about…

Giving and generosity may reduce the burden of immediate suffering and desperation, but if we're serious about finding long term solutions we can begin by…

The federal government is engaged in five major "free trade agreements" that threaten the degree of control Canadians have over their land, resources, freedom and…

Who supports the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, and why? Who might have opposed it, but hasn’t? Are there prospects for stopping it?

In the first of this 5-part series: What the North American Free Trade Agreement has taught us, and the implications of another treaty based on…

May 11 is World Fair Trade Day, a time to talk about trade injustice and Canada's waning control over its own sovereignty.