Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang, some years ago at a book fair

Who Are Andrew Yang And Pete Buttigieg Anyway? And Why Are They Running For President?

Both (as of now) long shot candidates will be part of Democratic Presidential debates, after raising donations from more than 65,000 individuals.

So how come probably you still don’t know much about Yang, or his #yanggang, even if you’ve heard of him by now? (We didn’t either except some vague recollections of mentions of the name, and some discussion of “universal basic income”, floating around somewhere in the Democratic ecosphere, until very recently).

So here are a couple of things to read and look at:

1. First, the transcript of an interview with Freakanomics from a couple of months ago that gives you a lot of background. In short, Yang is a serial entrepreneur who perhaps most notably (at least from a business perspective) sold a standardized test prep company he built to a giant in that industry, Kaplan, for a lot of money.
2. Second, a session with Joe Rogan, that’s also a little dated now, but did a lot to rev up enthusiasm and support for the candidate. You can watch it by clicking on the image below: