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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 understood.

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 it 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 understood. Start wherever your question is.

211articles published
2026writing since

Background

  • U.S. NavyInstructorMaster Training SpecialistSteelworker 1st Class
  • Founder & EditorScypion Finance, since 2026

Areas of focus

Personal financeMacroeconomicsMarkets & investingFinancial literacyEconomic policy

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◆ INFORMATION ECONOMICS

The Market for Lemons: How Information Gaps Kill Good Markets

Akerlof's 1970 Nobel-winning insight: when buyers can't tell good from bad, average pricing drives quality out until only the lemons remain.

May 12, 2026·7 min read
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◆ INVESTING BASICS

Strategic Philanthropy: Why Charitable Giving Is a Wealth Planning Essential

Philanthropy is integrated wealth strategy, not an afterthought. Learn tax-efficient giving vehicles, legacy planning mechanics, and how intentional giving…

May 11, 2026·10 min read
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◆ INFORMATION ECONOMICS

What Is Asymmetric Information? The Economics of Knowing More Than the Other Side

Asymmetric information is when one side of a deal knows more than the other. It shapes insurance, used cars, hiring, and lending, and can break markets.

May 11, 2026·8 min read
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◆ INVESTING BASICS

Sequence of Returns Risk: Why the Market's Timing Matters More Than Its Average

Two retirees, identical average returns, completely different outcomes. The timing of market crashes in retirement is the threat most planning models miss.

May 10, 2026·8 min read
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◆ MARKET FAILURES

The Free-Rider Problem: Why Public Goods Don't Fund Themselves

If you benefit whether or not you pay, why pay? That logic, replicated across everyone, is why public goods go unfunded and what actually fixes it.

May 10, 2026·8 min read
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◆ HISTORICAL CASE STUDIES

What Was the 2008 Financial Crisis?

How a flood of bad mortgages, a broken rating system, and one catastrophic September morning in 2008 nearly brought down the global financial system.

May 10, 2026·8 min read
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