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Welcome to the United States of Side Hustles

Mon, 02/16/2026 - 05:00

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Environment

William Butterton is a full-time engineer. He runs Pack Daddies Card Co. and Viking Vendors on the side.
Chona Kasinger for BI

For burnt-out 9-to-5ers looking to start something of their own, there's good news and bad news.

The good news is that it's never been easier to start a side hustle. Unfortunately, that's also the bad news.

Small Business, side-hustles, hustle-culture-big-bet, future-of-capitalism, small-business, Entrepreneurs, freelance-photography

How the decline of economic data could end up with a lot of unemployed Americans

Mon, 02/02/2026 - 04:14

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Politics

economy, Discourse, Unemployment, jobs-report, labor-market, federal-reserve, Recession

8 Americans explain how capitalism has shaped — and failed — their lives

Mon, 01/26/2026 - 05:01

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business

Alex English, Jenni Abbott, Kirk Reynolds, Matthew Doutt — Thomas Simonetti, Mustafa Hussain, Roger Kisby, Jesse Barber for BI

economy, as-told-to, Capitalism, economy, Wealth, Debt, Retirement

Capitalism as we know it is having an identity crisis — and you're caught in the middle

Thu, 01/22/2026 - 04:59

Tech Insider : Economy, Business

Ben Franklin inside a crystal ball on top of a large stack of money — Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

From Davos to Washington to America's high school classrooms, people are questioning the foundations of our economic system — and we at Business Insider are tracking what the fight over the future of capitalism means for your work, your wealth, and your world.

economy, contributor-2026, future-of-capitalism, Capitalism, tyler-le, bi-illustration

America's new sink-or-swim era is here

Mon, 01/19/2026 - 05:42

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Environment

A worker hunched over chair working on laptop — Tyler Le/BI

A few years ago, HR practitioner T. Tara Turk-Haynes hired yoga instructors and meditation gurus to help employees handle burnout at the media company where she worked.

She's not doing anything like that today.

Careers, AI, att, meta, Citi, Palantir, Trump

Can you ace this high school quiz on capitalism?

Tue, 01/13/2026 - 05:14

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style

A scantron test in the background of Ben Franklin — Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

economy, future-of-capitalism, Capitalism, high-schools, tyler-le, bi-illustration

How America's high schools are teaching capitalism

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 05:09

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Politics

Arthur Johnson, a North Carolina high school teacher, attended an institute on democracy and capitalism amid Americans' declining views on capitalism over time.
Jesse Barber for BI

Pop quiz: The airline industry is an example of what market structure?

economy, future-of-capitalism, Capitalism, high-schools, freelance-photography, rebecca-zisser

Welcome to the new, sorta socialist era of American capitalism

Mon, 01/05/2026 - 04:11

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Business

An eagle playing chess. — Carl Godfrey for BI

This is the first story in Business Insider's new series "The Future of Capitalism." The series looks at ways Americans' confidence in capitalism has been eroding, and what related changes in our economy mean for your work and wealth.

economy, Discourse, donald-trump, Intel, China, Socialism, zohran-mamdani

Tell us what you think about the future of capitalism

Tue, 12/09/2025 - 09:10