Essays

Financial Digitization: Central Bank Digital Currencies

August 4, 2026 by Ryan Aminloo (F'28) Banking & Finance Business & Political Systems

Denny Center Student Fellow Ryan Aminloo (F'28) analyzes how a central bank digital currency could interact with America's current financial frameworks.

The Need for Consumer-Focused Domestic AI Diffusion 

July 20, 2026 by Ritt Culbreth (G'31) Business & Political Systems Technology & Innovation

Looking for more on AI? Denny Center Student Fellow Ritt Culbreth (G'31) takes a deep dive into the domestic AI strategies from the US and China.

SpaceX and the Evolving Defense-Industrial Problem

June 3, 2026 by Rai Hasen Masoud (F'27) Business & Political Systems Market Competition Technology & Innovation

Check out Denny Center Student Fellow Rai Hasen Masoud's (F'27) analysis of the SpaceX IPO and U.S. defense industrial base.

A Practical Policy Agenda for the U.S. Defense Industrial Base

June 2, 2026 by Rai Hasen Masoud (F'27) Business & Political Systems

In part two of his series on America's defense industrial base, Denny Center Student Fellow Rai Hasen Masoud's (F'27) proposes a multistep policy agenda to strengthen the supply chain, surge capacity, as well as maintenance and repair capabilities.

The Architecture of Control: Market Power in the Attention Economy

September 5, 2025 by Rai Hasen Masoud (F'27) Business & Political Systems Market Competition Technology & Innovation

Check out part 2 of our series on social media from Denny Center Student Fellow Rai Hasen Masoud (F'27) to learn more about market power and antitrust issues within the attention economy.

The Attention Economy and the Collapse of Cognitive Autonomy

July 15, 2025 by Rai Hasen Masoud (F'27) Business & Political Systems Technology & Innovation

Check out the first in a series on social media from Denny Center Student Fellow Rai Hasen Masoud (F'27) to learn more about the attention economy and it's impacts on our democracy.