I began my career working as an economist for the Government of Canada — I have a masters degree in financial economics, and once upon a time worked as a researcher in the University of Chicago economics department.
Following a series of twists and turns, I somehow found myself working as an investigative journalist at the Daily Caller, the website founded by Tucker Carlson.
In March 2022, I quit my job at the Daily Caller to focus on Substack full-time.
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Coincidentally, 3 stories broken on Karlstack have gone on to be featured on Tucker’s nightly show:
These 3 articles are a good example of what I write, but at the same time, not a good example at all. I started out writing about fraud/corruption in academia, but quickly evolved to writing about economics, politics, culture, crypto, finance, etc.
My work has also been featured in the New York Times, New Yorker, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, Coindesk, Blockwork & Slatestarcodex.
This is something I still struggle with: the decision to “niche down” or to become a “generalist.” I guess I am still trying to find my voice as a writer; before starting on Substack I had never written anything in my life before, and now that I have written over 100 Substack articles I am already a much more proficient writer. I am excited to see what the next 100 articles yield.
Currently I publish ~2 articles per week, sometimes more, sometimes less. Some of them are free, some of them are for paid subscribers only. I am still trying to figure out the optimal mix of free and paid content. Please consider signing up for free:
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If you find my content valuable, and you believe in paying people for their work (this is how I eat and pay rent), please also consider becoming a paid subscriber. The paid newsletter model is a viable model for publications which mainstream media would never fund. The more subscribers I get, the more fraud and corruption I can expose.
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Here is a coupon for a 2-month free trial, I am pretty sure that if you stick around for 2 months you will stick around for 2 years.
Discounts are available for students and for anyone that doesn’t live in a 1st-world country — please email me chrisbrunet@protonmail.com. Feel free to email me for any reason… espectially to leak documents or tips! Many of my stories originate from whistleblowers, and I am always on the lookout for new story ideas.
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