Failed State

“How do you destroy something as beautiful as California? And why would you want to? Chris Moritz tells the story more clearly and honestly than anyone ever has. What a remarkable book.”–Tucker Carlson

“A remarkably told story of Kalifornia that’s a cautionary tale for the rest of the country.”–Gavin de Becker, bestselling author of The Gift of Fear

“It requires unusual determination to take a landscape as naturally beautiful, bounteous, and welcoming to human civilization as California and turn it into a hellscape. Would that the left had turned their talents in more productive directions.”–Michael Anton, former national security official

Christopher Moritz is a corporate attorney, investment researcher, and M&A executive. A third-generation Santa Monican, he grew up in the heart of Southern California and resides in the same home his grandparents built in the 1950s. He attended Santa Monica High School and is a graduate of UCLA. He also holds an MPhil in Modern European History from the University of Cambridge. Chris attended New York University School of Law for his JD.

Chris’s career spans international finance, corporate strategy, and geopolitical risk. As a former vice president in cross-border M&A for one of China’s largest state-owned investment banks, he is one of the only Western executives to have navigated the opaque world of China’s state-banking sector from within. Later, as a White House-appointed senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Commerce under President Trump, Chris helped shape critical policies on foreign investments, technology transfer risks, and national security, confronting threats to America’s economic sovereignty.

With deep roots in California and a global career that spans corporate boardrooms and national security corridors, Chris brings a singular perspective to the intersection of crime, governance, and geopolitics. A recurring guest on Tucker Carlson’s show, Chris is known for his bold, uncompromising commentary on the crises eroding America’s civic fabric. His debut book, Failed State, is a searing indictment of California’s descent into chaos-a cautionary tale for the nation.