In the latest episode of Everybody’s Business, we talk about a U.S. economy that is generally healthy and strong, but perhaps ...

Just four months before The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, Adam Smith published The Wealth ...

Social trust is crucial for capitalism and vibrant democracies. And when those systems weaken, as they are now, it’s calling ...

The Fourth of July holiday celebrates community, national and also local. Parades featuring people in uniform — scouts, firefighters and police as well as our military — traditionally are a ...

The American Revolution went hand-in-hand with an economic revolution that transformed human political and social, as well as commercial life, and continues to unfold.

Plato identified inequality as a central problem of politics. Inequality, this ancient Greek philosopher warned, undermines ...

The question isn’t whether we can afford to raise utility rates. The question is whether we can afford not to.

I pledge allegiance to the flag,” the salute begins, words we learned by heart before we left kindergarten. “With liberty and justice for all,” it ends, a hope and a ...