Research & Writing

A study of 7,320 Kalshi political speech mention contracts showing that these markets learn over time but still overprice low-probability YES outcomes, leaving the NO side materially stronger after fees.

A cross-category study of 18,948 Kalshi mention contracts showing that calibration improves as events approach, but longshot bias still leaves the NO side systematically underpriced.

This project analyzes 84,816 YouTube comments on the 15 most-streamed songs of 2025 to test Adorno’s Culture Industry. It finds that only 0.32% of comments critically engage with the production system behind pop music.

AI is replacing designers by turning product managers, founders, and engineers into good-enough designers — and once everyone can do the first 80% of the work, the profession gets smaller.

A case study of Stripe’s acquisition of Bridge and the emerging stablecoin infrastructure landscape, examining how digital dollars are reshaping cross-border payments and challenging traditional financial rails.

By rejecting the conventional political consensus and proposing “Material Populism” that addressed voters’ immediate economic struggles, Mamdani defeated the “Business Party” establishment to win the NYC mayoral election.

An examination of how corporate America has repeatedly turned second-class citizenship into a business model—from chattel slavery to immigrant detention—and how counter-publics push institutions back toward civic republican ideals.

A case study of Burger King’s controversial “Exagero” campaign in Brazil through Stuart Hall’s encoding/decoding model, exploring how audience agency and social media reshaped the intended meaning of a provocative advertisement.

A reflection on Piero Manzoni’s “Merda d’artista” (1961) and what it means for art to challenge, provoke, and redefine the boundaries of creativity and value.

A strategic lobbying memorandum outlining how interest groups can leverage insider and outsider tactics to lobby Congress and the Presidency for a federal ban on single-use plastic bags.

A strategic analysis of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act applying Kingdon's framework to Senator Sanders’ political and electoral landscape.

An analysis of how the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers, elections, and federalism reinforce the democratic norms of mutual tolerance and forbearance—and how modern polarization threatens them.

An examination of Bidenomics—its core tenets of public investment, worker empowerment, and competition—and how the Biden administration’s economic doctrine sought to shift U.S. policy from trickle-down to bottom-up prosperity.

A policy memorandum applying Alexander Hamilton’s framework of executive energy from Federalist No. 70 to the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration reform agenda.

While Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon emphasizes the relativity of truth and showcases how individual perspectives can shape it, nationalism often forces a single narrative, overlooking the complexities and variations of personal experiences.

An analysis of how environmental factors—productivism, jet lag, urban isolation, and the absence of meaningful relationships—drive insomnia, explored through Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club and contemporary sleep research.

An analysis of Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Garden of Forking Paths,” exploring how its multi-layered narrative structure, labyrinth symbolism, and character development challenge conventional notions of time, free will, and destiny.

An experimental comparison of Google Translate and DeepL Translator measuring data loss through sequential multi-language translations, finding DeepL consistently outperforms Google with 5.8% vs 12.2% average character loss.