How would Zohran Mamdani’s dream economy actually work?

Socialists just seized the commanding heights of New York City.

On Tuesday night, Zohran Mamdani — a longtime member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — won the mayoralty of America’s largest municipality.

Mamdani’s election constitutes a triumph for America’s long-suffering socialist movement — possibly, the most significant in its history.

His victory may therefore lead some Americans to ask the question: What do these people actually want?

Or, more specifically: How do they think “democratic socialism” would work, in practice? Do Mamdani and his allies want to make America into Norway — or into a kinder, gentler Soviet Union?

These questions have no single answer. Pose them to two socialists and you’ll get three opinions. But Bhaskar Sunkara, founder of the socialist ma