Operation Shakedown has finally reached the banks of the Charles, as we all knew it would—if not inevitably, then certainly ...

Plutocracy, a funny word, seen occasionally in the press, reminds us oldsters of a dog, Pluto, in the Walt Disney movies. It is also the name of what used to be the farthest planet in our solar system ...

The left tends to emphasize individual choice on social issues, as with the pro-choice movement, while the right tends to ...

New data show that Canada’s inequality crisis is driven by both billionaire wealth and runaway housing costs. Without a ...

For others, it is a consolidation of the dominance of those who have the most, the economic elites, over U.S. politics and society; in other words, it is another step towards plutocracy. Trump's ...

So when a businessman like Donald Trump becomes president, it might seem to confirm their worst fears about “plutocracy.” But since Trump assumed office, not many CEOs resemble plutocrats.

Conservative economists have been treating the 18th-century Scottish philosopher Adam Smith as their “free market” hero for ...

Our round-up of letters published in the Ravalli Republic ...