At his inauguration, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared he wants to “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” But a look at history shows the problems with this dream. Catherine Pakaluk has more.

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Guest Info

Catherine Pakaluk is the Director of Political Economy and Associate Professor at the Busch School of Business at Catholic University of America. She’s the co-author of Can a Catholic be a Socialist? and Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth.

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