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Mamdani Can’t Ruin New York
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MAMDANI’S SOCIALIST HOUSING PLAN COULD CRASH NEW YORK’S RICKETY RENTAL MARKET • EVEN IN ONE OF THE MOST REGULATED CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, PROGRESSIVES BLAME THE FREE MARKET.
THE TWO FACES OF ZOHRAN MAMDANI • MAMDANI ACTUALLY WANTS MORE HOUSING TO BE BUILT.
MAMDANI’S EDUCATION AGENDA FOR LESS LEARNING • NEW YORK SCHOOLS NEED MORE CHOICE AND BETTER CURRICULA, BUT THE CITY’S NEW MAYOR WANTS TO TAKE CHOICES AWAY.
A MAXIMALIST VISION OF MAYORAL POWER • WILL LINA KHAN PUSH THE NEW YORK MAYOR TO GET CREATIVE WITH EXPANDING HIS POWER?
ZOHRAN MAMDANI’S PRICES CRISES • THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST WASN’T RUNNING ON TRUE “AFFORDABILITY.” HE RAN AGAINST PRICES.
WILL MAMDANI DEFUND THE POLICE? • THE NEW MAYOR IS KEEPING POLICE COMMISSIONER JESSICA TISCH ON THE JOB, BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE A CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP.
3 REASONS MAMDANI’S CITY-RUN GROCERY STORES WILL FAIL • ZOHRAN MAMDANI’S PLAN TO OPEN GOVERNMENT-RUN GROCERY STORES WOULD WASTE TAXPAYER MONEY SOLVING A PROBLEM THE CITY DOESN’T HAVE.
MAMDANI CAN’T RAISE YOUR KIDS • THE MORE THE GOVERNMENT INTERVENES IN THE MARKET, THE MORE NEW YORK PARENTS PAY FOR CHILD CARE.
MEET ZOHRAN MAMDANI’S INNER CIRCLE • MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE ARE ON HIS RADICAL, BUREAUCRATIC TRANSITION TEAM.
What Is the National Guard Doing in D.C.?
Ayn Rand, the Video Game • “WHAT DOES COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY UNREGULATED COMMERCE LOOK LIKE?” KEN LEVINE’S BIOSHOCK WILL TELL YOU.
IT’S MERCY OTIS WARREN VS. THE BLOCKHEADS!
How the FCC Became the Speech Police • THE CONSTITUTIONALLY ANOMALOUS STATUS OF BROADCASTING INVITES GOVERNMENT MEDDLING.
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The Long Road Home • The Wounded Generation examines the aftermath of the “good war.”
Superintelligent AI Is Not Coming To Kill You
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