Can you generate a red scare absent actual reds?
socialism
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OMG—Socialism!
The misleading panic attack on the part of the right and the center in the face of the Democratic left’s recent electoral victories
Posted inPolitics
A Bad Week for Billionaires
Losing New York to socialists, facing a wealth tax election in California—our oligarchs begin to suspect that Americans may not like them very much.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump and Bernie Agree: Let’s Own AI!
One’s a narcissist, the other’s a socialist, but there’s room for all in this improbable coming together.
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Video: Is Greenland the Most Socialist Country in the World?
It has an immense sector of state-owned companies, and it seems to work pretty well.
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How California Politics Became So Blah
The only truly passionate players in today’s election appear to be the corporate moguls funding the anti–Tom Steyer campaigns.
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An Epic Collapse for Britain’s Labour Party
Britain’s centrist Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer crashes while Spain’s Socialist Pedro Sánchez shows how to lead from the left. Could there be a lesson here?
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Capital Ideas
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.