AFFORDABILITY

A political wave in New York City puts affordability at the center of the national conversation, as Mayor Mamdani’s sweeping promises (free childcare, rent freezes, and 200,000 housing units) collide with legal limits and economic realities. In Congress, leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Bernie Sanders celebrate decades of public service while presiding over an era where spending outpaces inflation and basic goods become harder to afford. At the root lies the bloated cost of healthcare, now the largest sector of the U.S. economy, driven not by medicine, but by a third-party payment system that distorts every other market it touches. Is America’s affordability crisis a matter of policy failure, or are we watching the cost of good intentions finally come due? For more episodes and resources, visit ⁠fromourgeneration.com⁠.Dive deeper with Giants of Political Thought at ⁠giantsofpoliticalthought.com⁠.