Long-form essays on financial infrastructure such as payments, banking regulation, fraud and compliance, written from an insider's perspective. Readers get historical context, regulatory explanation and analysis of live policy controversies.

Research-driven analysis of crypto and fintech economics aimed at venture investors, examining who captures value in stablecoin payments, onchain finance and companies like Rain. Each issue reconstructs figures from primary data sources and flags methodological caveats.

Patrick McKenzie reads and expands on his Bits about Money essays about the plumbing of the financial system, such as payments finality, credit card economics and charitable giving infrastructure. Each episode pairs an explanation of how the system works with concrete case studies and updated postscripts.

Stripe Economics publishes data-driven analysis of internet and digital economy trends, drawing on Stripe payments data and academic economics research. Issues cover topics such as Nobel-winning macroeconomics, an empirical research agenda for AI, and a new index tracking SaaS revenue health.