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Cato Weekly Podcast • August 21, 2025 

# Capital Punishments 

As President Trump’s “crime emergency” puts troops on D.C.’s streets, socialist Zohran Mandami surges ahead in the New York mayoral race. On the panel, Cato scholars debate whether America’s capitals of politics and finance are becoming laboratories for failed ideas.

#### Show Notes 

[![low income housing](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-05/GettyImages-1476769515.jpg?itok=EGRp2bmk)](https://www.cato.org/commentary/zohran-mamdanis-war-prices) 

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### [Zohran Mamdani’s “War on Prices”](/commentary/zohran-mamdanis-war-prices) 

By [Ryan Bourne](https://www.cato.org/people/ryan-bourne) 

The NYC Mayoral candidate’s pricing policies would bring a high efficiency cost

[![CATO COURSES - Human Progress - Woman in Grocery Store Shopping](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/cato-courses-hp-grocery-store.jpg?itok=FipgmxQk)](https://www.cato.org/commentary/state-run-supermarkets-bad-statist-solution-search-problem) 

Commentary 

### [State-Run Supermarkets: A (Bad) Statist Solution in Search of a Problem](/commentary/state-run-supermarkets-bad-statist-solution-search-problem) 

By [Scott Lincicome](https://www.cato.org/people/scott-lincicome) 

Breaking down Zohran Mamdani’s plan for government grocery stores.

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### [Marian L. Tupy discusses his experiences living under communism on Prager U’s *Stories of Us* podcast](/multimedia/media-highlights-tv/marian-l-tupy-discusses-experiences-living-under-communism-prager-us) 

Featuring [Marian L. Tupy](https://www.cato.org/people/marian-l-tupy) 

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R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, Cato Institute

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