Is Zohran Mamdani's Plan for New York Economically Possible? — ft. Bradley Tusk

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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Ed Elson and Scott Galloway are joined by Bradley Tusk, venture capitalist, political strategist, and writer, to break down the economics of Zohran Mamdani’s policies. Bradley also shares his thoughts on the Mayor-elect means for New York and the future of the Democratic party. Subscribe to Bradley’s Substack Subscribe to the Prof G Markets newsletter Order "Notes on Being a Man," out now Note: We may earn revenue from some of the links we provide. Subscribe to No Mercy / No Malice Follow Prof G Markets on Instagram Follow Scott on Instagram Follow Ed on Instagram and X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.8	information. Today is number two million. More than two million people voted in the New York City mayor
1:19.6	election, the most in a half a century. True story reportedly in every Asian household. The kids are
1:25.1	freaking out is now their parents are going to say, what, you're not mayor by the age of 33?
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2:01.8	Listen to me. Markets are bigger than us. What you have here is a structural change in the world distribution. Cash is trash. Stocks look pretty attractive. Something's going to break. Forget about it. How are you, Ed? I'm doing very well. How are you doing this? I'm less miserable than I usually am. I'm really excited about the election results. You know, I don't, I would not have voted for this mayor.
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