Economics
The January jobs report "beat expectations.
The January jobs report "beat expectations." 130K jobs added vs 55K expected. What nobody's talking about: they quietly revised away 898,000 jobs from 2024-2025. The economy you were told was strong...
Seven ways Bitcoin is used today
This article debunks the myth that Bitcoin is merely abstract speculation by showcasing seven tangible ways it functions as a global financial utility today. It details how the network serves as everything from "digital gold" for savers and a borderless payment rail for workers to a censorship-resistant tool for those in unstable economies. Ultimately, it argues that Bitcoin is a proven, multi-faceted system that provides financial certainty through code and energy rather than traditional intermediaries.
Why a 4.0 GPA Is the New Red Flag
AI has made knowledge free while university tuition has increased 312% since 1963. This creates an obvious arbitrage: get accepted to elite schools to validate your intelligence ($90), use AI to actually learn (free), build a portfolio of real projects, then drop out before accumulating debt. A 4.0 GPA is becoming a red flag signaling "I followed the old system" rather than building things. Universities must transform into creativity engines or face irrelevance.
Tariffs Are a Consumption Tax. Read the Receipt.
Tariff revenue is economically equivalent to a consumption tax split between domestic buyers and foreign sellers based on bargaining power. Following the money through the supply chain reveals who actually pays.
Quick history: 1980s, Gorbachev tries to shift USSR FROM military production TO consumption.
Quick history: 1980s, Gorbachev tries to shift USSR FROM military production TO consumption. Called it "perestroika." Failed catastrophically. Soviet Union collapsed. 2020s, Trump tries to shift USA...
UFD: A Fixed Denominator Unit of Account for Price Measurement
This work applies a standard mathematical requirement of measurement to prices: denominator invariance.
🔒 Growth Without Extraction
Not all revenue is extraction. Not all growth is rent-seeking. This essay defines what non-extractive growth actually looks like in sovereign systems — and why it feels unfamiliar in a world trained to monetize attention.
Selective Exposure of Trader Identity Variables in Order Books
Exploring a hypothesis to improve world markets with more market data variables.
"If You Know, You Know"
Fascist economic traps, petrodollar collapse, and the fight to wake up before it's too late.
Valuing Bitcoin: No Crystal Ball, Just a System
Bitcoin lacks cash flow, dividends, and P/E ratios, making traditional stock valuation methods useless. This article outlines a systematic approach using on-chain data, market cycles, sentiment analysis, and macro indicators to gauge market health. It offers a structured way to interpret volatility without relying on prediction models.
Everything is a market
Everything we do is a trade-off.
🔒 The Bitcoin Chronicles - 1.F.2.3 - Onto Europa
Continuing his comparative study of prices and lived conditions across mature enclaves, Caleb Moreau visits Europa and speaks with a local coordination officer about what ordinary life looks like in a fully engineered world.
Free Article 2 (Dec. 23, 2025): The Bitcoin Chronicles - 1.F.2.1 - Ordering a Big Mac in New Bern
In the Martian city of New Bern, ordering a Big Mac reveals what abundance, honest pricing, and settled life look like after centuries of off-world habitation.