Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Teresa Ghilarducci Ph.D. is an Economics Professor. Some Democratic candidates are running (and occasionally winning) as Democratic Socialists.

Democratic socialism itself has always been a heterodox ... I spoke with around two dozen DSA members from chapters around the country. The primary source of their excitement was that DSA chapters ...

Besides abolishing profit (and other unearned incomes), socialist countries also abolish rent and interest. A socialist economy is a democratic economy. Because socialist economies do not have ...

Bernie Sanders: They may hate democratic socialism ... Donald Trump: We will never be a socialist country. Manny Fidel: The back-and-forth between Republicans and Democrats on socialism is ...

A video featuring Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has set off a debate on social media. In the clip, reportedly taken from an undated interview, Gadkari said that democracy, secularism, and socialism ...

Republicans Are Having a Moment in Deep-Blue New York State ‘Socialist’ is a more accurate description of today’s Democratic base ... an earlier time when the country was less divided ...

Critics like Justin Haskins argue that Harris’s policies align with democratic socialism ... would likely be the most socialist and destructive in our country’s history.” ...

If Maduro’s Venezuela is the guiding light for democratic socialism, it has attracted ... the influx of petro dollars could destabilize the country in the long term. Oil could create a class ...

After speaking with a number of people in their 20s to early 30s, it shed light on their intense interest in Sanders and his brand of democratic ... other countries. To young people, socialism ...

"So when millennials talk about concepts like democratic socialism, we're not talking about these kinds of 'Red Scare' boogeyman," she said. "We're talking about countries and systems that already ...