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Money · Markets · Power · Real life
Know what the fuck is happening.
Plain-English economics for people who want to understand their bills—and question the explanation.
Follow the money ◆ Incentives matter ◆ Question the story ◆ Read the numbers ◆ Follow the money ◆ Incentives matter ◆ Question the story ◆ Read the numbers ◆
The endeavor
The economy is the water. We read the thermometer.
Why did the bill change? What does a war have to do with the pump price? Who benefits from an economic decision—and who pays? Those are the questions we investigate.
The frog and thermometer are a metaphor for noticing economic pressure, not a claim about animal behavior. Our aim is to make the evidence, assumptions and tradeoffs easier to see.
Read our purpose01 / The big question
Why the fuck is everything so expensive?
Opinion + hypothetical · 4 min
How am I supposed to fit $145 worth of gas in my Honda Civic?!? Wait—it costs $145 to fill it?
In a hypothetical 12.4-U.S.-gallon fill-up, US$145 implies about US$11.69 a gallon. Our argument: ordinary transportation should not cost that much.
Evergreen explainer · 4 minInflation can fall while your bills keep rising.
Why lower positive inflation is not lower prices—and why a national average is not your household budget.
Editorial manifesto · 2 minWhat the fuck is Fuckanomics?
A ridiculous name for a serious promise: make the economy legible.
Planned article · Not yet publishedWho actually pays a tariff?
A planned explainer on who remits U.S. import duties and how their costs may be shared.
02 / The method
Plain questions. Visible evidence.
Find who benefits, who pays and who decides.
Good intentions do not repeal tradeoffs.
Fact. Interpretation. Opinion.
Facts, examples and judgments receive distinct labels.
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