Case studies
Announced Specs Are Not Deliveries: The Cybertruck's Unveil, Delay, and Delivery
See how the 2019 prices, ranges, and timelines changed at the 2023 delivery and in later sales, from documented records. Launch figures state intent; delivery reports confirm.
Concepts · 2019.10.25The 2019 Inner Mongolia-Beijing plague confirmations and how they were verified
A review of the 2019-11 cases in which a couple from Inner Mongolia received a pneumonic plague confirmation in Beijing, followed by 2 additional bubonic plague confirmations in Inner Mongolia. It uses the laboratory confirmation steps and source-tracking findings to offer a way to read unconfirmed outbreak reports critically.
Company · 2018.04.03Listing does not necessarily raise cash for the company: Spotify’s direct listing
Spotify’s direct listing separates a trading venue, company fundraising and shareholder liquidity. Examine who receives cash and which conditions remain after a listing.
Company · 2018.02.02 — 2025.06.03Paying a Fine and Restoring Controls Run on Different Clocks: Wells Fargo’s Asset Growth Restriction
A real case distinguishing remediation, external review and supervisory confirmation rather than treating bank sanctions solely as a one-time expense.
Macro · 1979.10 — 1982.10The Volcker Disinflation, 1979-1982: 20% Rates and Twin Recessions
How the Federal Reserve's October (month 10) 6, 1979 shift to reserves targeting led to a 20 percent federal funds rate, two recessions, and the disinflation confirmed by October (month 10) 1982, drawn from the Federal Reserve's official history. Readers can check the historical backbone of the video's fourth 1970s phase, the real-rate spike regime behind its 2020s strategy, against independent records.
Macro · 1966.11.08 — 1967.03.101966, when suspending the investment tax credit, not rate hikes, stopped the boom
In the US credit crunch of 1966, deposit rate ceilings and an equipment investment boom dried up housing finance, and on November (month 11) 8 President Johnson suspended the investment tax credit to target the borrower itself. Rate, starts and investment data are checked against source documents, separating what matches the video's telling from its limits.
Macro · 1962.10.16 — 1962.10.28Finding an Exit from Nuclear Confrontation: Public Pledges and Private Concessions in the Cuban Missile Crisis
Official records show how military pressure and diplomacy operated together during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Public non-invasion assurances and private missile-removal discussions were distinct, and resolving the immediate crisis did not end the arms race.
Macro · 1937.06.12The purge that emptied the high command invited miscalculation 4 years later
The military purge that began with the June (month 6) 1937 execution of 8 men including a Soviet marshal emptied the high command, and on June (month 6) 22, 1941 the Barbarossa surprise met countless ignored warnings. The purge, vacuum and miscalculation chain is checked against sources, with differences from today's China kept distinct.