Richard Sambasivam is a Washington, D.C.-based public policy professional whose first love was history. He has conducted economic research on the U.S. economy, financial markets, and spillovers to foreign countries. He has visited South India numerous times and is currently researching the history of Mysore to learn more about geopolitics and his roots—and to write a musical. He also writes on current affairs, economics, and politics, as well as fiction. Richard has an undergraduate degree in economics from UCLA.
America’s early finances were, in a word, messy. The states took on enormous debt to fund the Revolutionary War while the national government chartered by the Articles of Confederation issued bonds, took out foreign loans, and even benefitted from personal gifts, all while it had no power to collect taxes. “It was the price of […]
George Washington wrote “no event was ever received with a more heart felt joy” after hearing about the official alliance between the fledgling United States and the world power France.[1] It’s well established that foreign aid both before and after 1778 was crucial to America’s struggle for independence: not only did the French and other […]
