New York City’s democratic socialist mayor is making progress on his promise to slash business regulations by 50% and whittling away at a massive budget shortfall. Democratic strategist Kobi Tirey thinks it’s time for moderate capitalists to rise too the challenge, and even Banker Bill thinks it’s starting to sound, “pretty pro-business.” Are we really going to let a socialist out-executing establishment Democrats on the economy?

Kobi and Banker Bill break down why Zohran Mamdani’s early fiscal forays — plus a heated debate on whether the Fed should hike rates into an energy-driven inflation spike, why 30-year yields just hit 20-year highs, and whether the AI infrastructure boom is in the “late innings” before the bill comes due.

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