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Zohran Mamdani promises 30 percent discounts at New York City’s five government-run grocery stores. Venezuela tried a similar bargain.
It ended in lines, empty shelves, quotas, and corruption. What NYC can learn from Hugo Chávez’s Mercal debacle, my latest for .@reason
Hugo Chávez’s government-run grocery stores led to endless lines, empty shelves, quotas, and corruption. @NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani is repeating the same mistake. reason.com/2026/07/31/wha…






