Vivek Ramaswamy on His Early Years, U.S. Economic Decline, Bitcoin and Right vs Left

Vivek Ramaswamy is a Republican presidential candidate and businessman. He founded pharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences in 2014, and asset management firm Strive in 2022. Vivek also has hedge fund experience and is a bestselling author. He graduated summa cum laude in Biology from Harvard and received his J.D. from Yale Law School.

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 the country