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A really pleasant dialog with Griffen.
We have been going to speak about that EO previous to Christmas however each determined that was considerably boring so simply dived into the state of the hashish trade within the US immediately and the way state and federal politics play a a lot bigger position within the trade than many commentators and trade “leaders” want to overtly admit.
Very refreshing to talk to somebody working with the hashish trade however not beholden to it.
The koalas thank Griffen for her openess and lack of fence sitting particularly in terms of discussing how a lot coverage and laws considering in 2025 and 2026 within the US suggests an rising bias in direction of the highest finish of city slightly than the center and people growing new enterprise within the house from the bottom up.
It’s a sample being seen all through the the US financial system and received’t serve the nation effectively over the long run. As former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, is arguing lately, it seems extra like a twenty first century model of feudalism than capitalism as we perceive it from a twentieth century prism.
Griffen Basden
Griffin Basden is a senior shopper supervisor at AlphaRoot, the place she focuses on threat administration for companies working in advanced, regulated industries. Working carefully with purchasers, she helps develop protection methods that assist long-term progress whereas offering readability and confidence round threat. Beforehand, she served in comparable roles at Founder Protect, Aon, and ECM Options.
