Two books on the history of capitalism provide lessons for how to tame it.
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Do L.A. and D.C. Have Their Own Mamdanis?
Two somewhat socialist mayoral candidates are working to see that they do.
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The Democratic Base Is Social Democratic
Polling the Democrats on virtually any topic in 2025 revealed a consistent belief in social democracy—and deregulated capitalism is responsible.
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Enter, Stage Left, Mayor Mamdani
Rather than tell his fellow New Yorkers to lower their expectations of what government could do, the city’s new mayor vowed that “the only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.”
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To Win Radical Success, Mamdani Understands, Is to Know When and Where to Compromise
Pragmatism is required to build a social democratic New York.
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A Democratic Sweep
Riding on the public’s pervasive economic anxiety and its substantial but not quite so widespread fury and fear of Trump’s trashing of American democracy, the Democrats won big from coast to coast yesterday.
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New Yorkers Say Yes to Mamdani, That’s Spelled M A M D A N I
By 3 p.m. Tuesday, New York voters had already surpassed the turnout of any mayoral election since 2001, casting 1.4 million votes. Volunteers and advocates say the best thing to do today is celebrate, rest—then keep organizing.
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America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politically inspired by a good candidate with a good message.
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The Anti-Mamdani Editorials, Considered
Perhaps the most recurrent theme in the major newspapers’ criticism was that Mamdani’s proposed 2 percent tax hike on that share of a taxpayer’s yearly income that exceeds $1 million would lead to mass millionaire flight from New York.