Observed arrival · 2026-11-12
Inconvenient Math follows the money behind everyday prices
A documentary series examines who pays for the rewards, fees, and discounts attached to everyday purchases.
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- Viewers curious about fees, rewards, and everyday prices
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- The site names 10-K filings, court cases, and government datasets as source types, and discloses that some links are affiliate links.
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The homepage lays out an episode workflow that begins with an everyday object and leads to a filing or other primary source before tracing who pays and who benefits. Its visible examples are a credit-card rewards episode and one about American Express paying Delta; the site says numbers are sourced from filings, court cases, or government datasets. It also points readers to e-books and recommended reading, and discloses affiliate links.
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