Every investigation, newest first.
Oct 7, 2026
Selective marketing and increasingly complex products have made quality harder to judge. What five common numbers leave out, and what to check instead.
Sep 30, 2026
Private equity bought the largest HVAC contractors. Their playbook pays technicians based on what they sell. Just six companies make most of the units they install.
Sep 23, 2026
Singer, Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff are now one company. Only five sewing machine companies actually manufacture anything themselves.
Sep 16, 2026
The law has been on your side since 1975. What to do when a claim is denied anyway.
Sep 9, 2026
How product reviews get bought, how to spot it in five minutes, and where I go instead.
Sep 2, 2026
On the compounding effects of safety and emissions regulations on car ownership. Today, simple new cars are illegal to sell and all models are more costly to keep.
Aug 26, 2026
Supplements are by far the most obfuscated category I have covered to date. Here's what you can do about it.
Aug 19, 2026
Why it is so hard to prove that the new version is worse. By way of a five-hundred-year-old office for inspecting cloth, a fraud investigation from 1579, and a warning from Adam Smith.
Aug 12, 2026
The industry got so good at building cars that it stopped making its money on them.
Aug 5, 2026
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