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GLP-1 Drugs at Two Years: A Public Health Audit
Two years after GLP-1 receptor agonists went from diabetes drugs to cultural phenomena, we audit the public data — CDC prescription trends, NEJM outcomes trials, and the second-order effects showing up in retail and payer numbers.
How the $370B IRA Bet Is Actually Performing
The Inflation Reduction Act's clean-energy provisions were billed as the largest climate investment in US history. Three years in, we audit what the IRS, Department of Energy, and Energy Information Administration say has actually happened.
After the AI Bubble: An Audit of 2025's Promises
Eighteen months ago the AI conversation was wall-to-wall predictions. We pulled the most-cited public claims about 2026 from late 2024 — AGI timelines, job displacement, autonomous agents, capital returns — and graded each against what actually happened.
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