Beckert's book, a sweeping 1,300-page history, synthesizes bits and pieces of the academic literature to recount the ...

The Harvard professor provides a ceaseless flow of startling details in this exhaustively researched, 1000-year account ...

With the world in mortal crisis throughout the 1930s, the leading capitalist intellectuals of the day met in a series of fraught conferences. Horrified by the advances of totalitarianism, economists ...

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said Sunday it is “pretty clear” that the Trump administration does not want to release video of a second strike on an alleged drug boat in September. “It’s no different than ...

This is a listing for 'This Week' airing Sunday, December 7, 2025. REP. ADAM SMITH AND SEN. ERIC SCHMITT, SUNDAY ON “THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS” Rep. Adam Smith (D) Washington Ranking Member ...

Adam Smith, a challenger to U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards in the Republican primary for House District 11, has officially filed his candidacy papers, he announced in a Dec. 3 news release. “We’re starting ...

In a bold new history, Sven Beckert traces the origins of our modern economy, from global port cities to the halls of power. Centuries ago, Beckert writes, investors traveled to remote corners of the ...

Academy Award winner and Grammy Award winner Will Smith is more than just an entertainment icon. With a career spanning more than 30 years and multiple genres, the “Fresh Prince” knows what it takes ...

In September, 1639, John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, recorded in his journal a dreadful tale of Puritan true crime. One Robert Keayne had prospered as a London merchant ...

The share of registered voters with positive views of capitalism has dropped under 50% for the first time in seven years of NBC News polling on the issue — a shift that comes as some democratic ...

The 20th century was the best of times and the worst of times. On the dark side, as many as 270 million citizens were estimated to have been killed by governments that describe themselves as ...

Judge rules defendant competent for trial in brutal attack on 75-year-old woman in Seattle Criminal charges will move forward against a man charged in a vicious and random attack against a 75-year-old ...