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Articles by Andrew Moran

What Was the Nixon Shock?

Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon forever changed the United States and international financial systems. U.S. economic conditions in 1971… Read More

Understanding the World of Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin became the fastest asset to reach $1 trillion in value. Ethereum is now worth more than the Bank of… Read More

A Primer on Republics

A republic is a government being ruled by representatives voted for and elected by the citizens. Although the people do… Read More

Watergate: Eroding Public Trust in the System

From Beachgate to Russiagate, every government scandal now ends with a “gate” suffix. This comes from the historic 20th-century Watergate… Read More

The Age of Enlightenment: What Would America Be Without It?

The Western world became a beacon of justice, freedom, and prosperity because of the ideas in the Age of Enlightenment,… Read More

The Great Depression: Understanding What Happened – and May Again

The Great Depression is perhaps the most studied and talked about economic event in the nation’s history. It was a… Read More

America’s Forgotten Depression of 1920-1921

In two decades, the United States suffered two economic depressions. While most people are aware of the Great Depression, the… Read More

The History of American Economic Depressions

The last time the United States suffered an economic depression was in the 1930s. Since the nation has not suffered… Read More

Understanding the United Nations

The beginnings of the United Nations came in January 1942, when representatives of 26 nations at war with Germany, Italy,… Read More

Wall Street v GameStop: How Millennials Broke the Market

In January, GameStop shares rose more than 1,600% to a little more than $300 a share. The stock had been… Read More

America and the Paris Climate Accord

President Joe Biden brought the United States back into the Paris Climate Agreement as one of his first acts in… Read More

COVID Vaccine Update

The coronavirus pandemic has killed nearly 100 million people, crashed the economy, and given us a “new normal” to get… Read More