The reading room · Jeffery A. Garfield
A shared language for seeing systems. Explore a foundational definition, investigate a current question, or put an idea to work.
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Research brief · Economy · October 15, 2026
Follow September producer inflation through business costs, cash flow, financing and AI investment. A source-backed October 15, 2026 analysis.
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Research brief · Banking · October 15, 2026
The OCC’s October 14 debanking report raises a practical business-continuity question: how would an account closure affect payroll, collections and supplier payments?
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Research brief · Banking · October 14, 2026
Bank of America’s October 2026 OCC penalty raises a practical question about internal controls: what evidence shows a corrective action keeps working?
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Research brief · Economy · October 13, 2026
Nvidia, SpaceX and the AI investment boom: examine dot-com bubble risk, stock market concentration, data center financing and the cash flow behind growth.
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Research brief · Platforms · October 13, 2026
SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile spectrum deal reveals the infrastructure behind satellite connectivity, telecom competition and NASA’s commercial model.
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Practical exercise · Decisions · October 13, 2026
Explore cash flow, liquidity and decision authority with an original property-venture exercise, guided reasoning and a printable worksheet.
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Practical exercise · Operations · October 12, 2026
Trace cash, capacity and responsibility through a growing order book. Five questions, guided reasoning and a printable worksheet.
Try the five-minute exercise →Research brief · Money · October 11, 2026
A new Federal Reserve survey shows why wealth, monthly payments and usable cash answer different questions about financial resilience.
4 minute read · Edition 1.0
Research brief · Money · October 10, 2026
Follow everyday goods and digital payments through materials, manufacturing, financing and the agreements that assign risk.
5 minute read · Edition 1.0
Research brief · Banking · October 10, 2026
A current banking case shows why a control must follow the work, the risk and the people responsible for acting.
4 minute read · Edition 1.0
Research brief · Money · October 6, 2026
Confirm identity, authority and destination before a digital payment. A practical companion on the decisions behind the send button.
Read the brief →Research brief · Economy · October 6, 2026
Read the August 2026 trade figures through period, scope and dependencies—and connect a national headline to practical decisions.
Read the brief →Research brief · Economy
Why rates, jobs, and stock prices can send different signals. A dated review of the current evidence and the limits of an early-1980s comparison.
5 minute read · October 5, 2026
Research brief · AI
AI can accelerate a draft. Reliable results still depend on sources, review, decision authority and a clear response when something goes wrong.
4 minute read · October 5, 2026
Research brief · Banking
The screen is the visible part. Banking also depends on legal identity, capital, governance, records, service providers and the ability to resolve problems.
4 minute read · October 5, 2026
Research brief · Money
A payment notification is one view of a larger system. Learn to ask about the payment method, receiving account, timing, records and access to funds.
4 minute read · October 5, 2026
Canonical reference · Foundations
A shared language for recognizing systems and applying that understanding to practical decisions.
4 minute read · October 5, 2026
Case study · Operations
An airline disruption case study of coordination, passenger communication and recovery through Applied Infrastructure Literacy.
3 minute read · October 5, 2026
Insight · Foundations
A practical introduction to asking what invisible system is shaping a visible outcome.
3 minute read · October 5, 2026
Case study · Operations
Product recalls reveal the infrastructure of traceability, information and accountability. A documented recall examined through Infrastructure Literacy.
3 minute read · October 5, 2026
Case study · Platforms
Money, power and rules in the creator economy: an Infrastructure Literacy case study of audience access, revenue, conduct and platform dependence.
5 minute read · October 5, 2026
White paper · Decisions
Completion is not readiness: connecting a plan to authority, capability, dependencies, and evidence.
4 minute read · October 5, 2026
Case study · Platforms
A sports-streaming case study exploring the difference between payment, access and delivery through Infrastructure Literacy.
3 minute read · October 5, 2026
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