Vivek Ramaswamy on His Origins, U.S. Economic Decline & Corporatism, the Promise of Bitcoin and Uniting the Country

Vivek Ramaswamy is a Republican presidential candidate and businessman.

In this episode we discuss:

Vivek's origin story and early influences

Career path and rise to wealth in biotech

Why Vivek says Wall Street has seized control of the U.S. economy (theme of his book Capitalist Punishment)

The rise of wealth concentration, corporatism and the decline of the American Dream

The promise of Bitcoin

Bitcoin ETFs and Wall Street adoption

A plan to pardon Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Ross Ulbricht as well as former President Donald Trump

Bipartisanship and uniting a divided country

He founded…

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