Source: Niskanen Center
by Steven Teles
“The nomination of Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York suddenly has people talking about ‘Left Abundance.’ Where earlier this year it looked as though the movement to create a more effective, problem-solving state and unlock the supply of crucial goods might end up fitting best with political moderation, it suddenly seems to have an avatar cut from a different cloth, arguing that we need to clear away roadblocks obstructing housing and … publicly owned supermarkets. Mamdani’s election raises the question of whether abundance will actually become a project of ‘Red Plenty,’ one in which we deregulate the public sector in the name of more effective central planning and state provision.” (08/28/25)