Simon Giordano

• Economy

The perennial economic debate is capitalism vs. socialism. Public discourse seems to have abandoned both ends of the spectrum: There are very few people today who still believe that the market can regulate itself. At the same time, history has not ev...

• Economy

In the 20th century, a select cast of East Asian governments completely redefined the international economic order. It was the era of the Newly Industrialized Country (NIC), where a few highly interventionist states enacted rapid industrial transform...

• Economy

The core mission of venture capital (VC) is to fund incredible ideas, so that those ideas may one day become realities. In many ways venture capitalists (VCs) are the most benevolent agents of the financial system: They are the ones who most directly...

• Economy

The American economy is unique for many reasons – most notably, its failure to regulate education and healthcare. In both sectors, this has led to per capita spending that is far too high, and results that are significantly lower than those of our ...

• Economy

The United States is one of the most socialist economies in the world. Most Americans would be surprised to hear this because we still lack a legitimate social security net, an equitable public education system, and even a basic assurance of healthca...

• Economy

I walked into a bank the other day and tried to apply for a credit card. It did not go well. Apparently, my income is too low, my student loan balance too high, and even extending a $300 per month line of credit is too much of an ask. None of that sh...

• United States

President Trump, the Right’s poster child of free speech, is actually doing everything he can to restrict it. Throughout his tumultuous administration he has systematically interfered with independent governmental organizations such as the Pentagon...

• Economy

As of January 1st, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will officially become law. The CCPA will add to the existing patchwork of legislature that protects the privacy of American consumer data. Currently, US citizens’ privacy is prote...

• Economy

For the first 15 years of the 21st century, Democrats and Big Tech seemed to get along. There was something exciting and progressive about the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos that made them distinct from the Koch Brothers and Rupert Murdoch. ...

• Economy

‘Enemy’ of the State, ‘bonehead’ and ‘pathetic’ sit among many other pleasant terms that President Trump has used to describe Jerome Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. While many view such aggressive comments as a departure from...