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Erajah Scypion — Founder, Scypion Finance

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Erajah Scypion

Founder, Scypion Finance

Sourced explanations of money and the economy, written to be read — not completed.

Writing here since 2026
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I got interested in economics the hard way — by not understanding what was happening around me. I'd read an explanation, nod along, and walk away knowing no more than when I started. After enough of that, I stopped looking for the resource I wanted and started writing it.

My background isn't Wall Street. I've spent the last eleven years in the U.S. Navy, and that's where I learned the thing this whole site runs on: any system — a battalion, a budget, an economy — can be understood if someone walks you through the mechanism one step at a time.

The Navy also gave me the three words I hold the work to — honor, courage, commitment. Here they mean every claim traces back to a source you can check yourself, the clear explanation gets chosen over the easy one, and the reader comes before anyone paying the bills.

Scypion Finance is where that work gets published — sourced explanations of money and the economy, written to be read, not completed. There's no course to enroll in and no path to finish. Start wherever your question is.

203articles published
2026writing since

Background

  • U.S. NavyInstructor · Master Training Specialist · Steelworker 1st Class
  • Founder & EditorScypion Finance, since 2026

Areas of focus

Personal financeMacroeconomicsMarkets & investingFinancial literacyEconomic policy

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◆ INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Trade Policy, Jobs, and the Political Economy of Protection

If economists agree trade grows the pie, why is protection so popular? Gains are spread thin, losses concentrated — and politics rewards the loud.

June 2, 2026·7 min read
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◆ INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Inside Non-Tariff Barriers: Quotas, Standards, and the Hidden Costs of Trade Protection

Tariffs are visible taxes. Quotas, standards, and red tape are quieter — and often costlier, handing the markup to foreigners instead of your treasury.

June 1, 2026·7 min read
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◆ INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Tariffs: Winners, Losers, and the Deadweight Loss Nobody Talks About

A tariff helps domestic producers and the Treasury, but it costs consumers more than both gain combined. The gap is deadweight loss — pure value destroyed.

May 31, 2026·7 min read
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◆ INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Trade Doesn't Cost Jobs — It Moves Them. Here's the Evidence.

The idea that imports destroy jobs and trade is zero-sum is intuitive, persistent, and wrong in the aggregate — but the real story is more honest than either…

May 30, 2026·10 min read
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◆ INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Comparative Advantage: The Principle Behind Every Trade Relationship on Earth

Comparative advantage explains why two parties gain from trade even when one is better at everything. The math is opportunity cost, at every scale.

May 29, 2026·8 min read
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◆ GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION

Efficiency vs. Equity: The Central Trade-Off in Economic Policy

Most policy fights are really one fight: a bigger pie versus a more evenly shared one. Arthur Okun's leaky bucket makes the trade-off visible.

May 27, 2026·8 min read
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