Deconstruct.Money investigates aggressive online marketing, influencer sponsorships and questionable business practices, plus news on credit card rewards programs like Bilt. Readers get breakdowns of how sales funnels and promotions work and whether they are worth the money.
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Not-Ship is a data-driven newsletter by Amanda that uses good data and smart charts to make sense of uncertainty in the world, covering economics, climate, and technology. Recent issues dig into Amazon's search and pricing practices, backed by original experiments and sourced analysis.
This newsletter explains specific scams in plain language, such as fake Medicare calls, post-hurricane contractor and FEMA fraud, and refund scams. It cites official sources like the FTC, FBI and HHS-OIG and gives clear rules for spotting and avoiding each scam.
A research-driven newsletter by an economist-style writer exploring how AI reshapes power, markets and argument through structured essays on the social science behind them. Readers get clearly argued scenarios, references to experiments and classic thinkers, and frameworks for thinking about AI's social effects.
A founder who built and lost a $50M subscription business writes candid, first-person commentary on subscription billing, consumer-protection regulation and his own business failures. Readers get an insider's view of how recurring-revenue practices work and where regulation is heading.
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