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Investigative Reporting

Long stories in short chapters: the walk from a receipt in your hand to the ledger it lands in.

Now running — 2 chapters

THE FLOOR NEVER FALLS

“Above a fixed dollar floor, Congress is notified. Below it, Congress is not. The floor was set in 1981; the only amendment since raised it.” — from the editor’s desk

By Ambrose

Now running — 9 chapters

YOUR RING FUNDS THE WAR

“The comforts of the first world arrive scrubbed of their supply lines — the ring, the chocolate, the coffee — with a thirty-second commercial standing where the history should be.” — from the editor’s desk

By Ambrose

Now running — 7 chapters

THE FIRE BILLS THE WORLD

“The one industry whose entire business is pricing risk has arranged to carry none of its own: the premium is yours, the fire is yours, and the backstop, when it arrives, is yours as well.” — from the editor’s desk

By Ambrose

Now running — 3 chapters

THE HOUSE IS A PARK

“The house costs $15.5 million a year to run and $600 million this year to add a room; Congress voted on the first number.” — from the editor’s desk

By Ambrose

Now running — 6 chapters

THE MANAGED ENEMY

“Money that reaches an armed group with everyone's paperwork in order is not a leak; a leak does not recur on a payment schedule.” — from the editor’s desk

By Ambrose