Archive - Chris Brunet

15 More Academic Scandals

I haven’t been posting much over the past couple of weeks… because I had a baby!

Sep 21 • Christopher Brunet

The $100 Million ETF Built on Research That Doesn’t Replicate

“Fornell et al. didn’t run standard multifactor asset pricing tests; didn’t use standard t-tests; and didn’t conduct out of sample tests. When you do…

Sep 8 • Christopher Brunet

August 2026

Arday Affair Erupts Into U.S.-Belgium Diplomatic Dispute

A scandal that began with Cambridge research integrity and DEI politics has now escalated into an official dispute between Washington and Brussels

Aug 21 • Christopher Brunet

Cambridge Professor Found Dead After Rampant Plagiarism and Pattern of Deception

Just published a deep dive overview and analysis of the Jason Arday situation:

Aug 19 • Christopher Brunet

23 More Academic Scandals

#1: NYU (Abu Dhabi) Professor Steals Student Classwork

Aug 15 • Christopher Brunet

RIP EJMR (2008-2026)

Econ Job Market Rumors—the internet’s deranged, occasionally brilliant, and for years indispensable backchannel for the economics profession—has been…

Aug 15 • Christopher Brunet

breaking down my debate on voting & military service

I’m competing in the Word War Debate Tournament, and I need your vote to advance to the next round of the bracket.

Aug 13 • Christopher Brunet

How The Manhattan Institute Helped Paul Singer Siphon Billions from Dying Asbestos Victims

"You don’t want to die of asbestosis. Your lungs turn to mush and you drown inside yourself."

Aug 8 • Christopher Brunet

Duplicate Data at the University of Chicago

How a data merge mistake escaped peer review at one of the world's top journals

Aug 4 • Christopher Brunet

Academic Finance’s WikiLeaks Moment: Confidential Referee Records Exposed

Last week I put out a plea on my YouTube channel for viewers to leak me documents.

Aug 3 • Christopher Brunet

July 2026

The Legend of Log(NAICS)

This Harvard Professor Doesn't Understand Basic Math. Or, even worse, he does.

Jul 30

His Name Was Seth Rich, Part III: The Guccifer 2.0 Deception

There are two competing explanations for how the DNC emails reached WikiLeaks in 2016.

Jul 29 • Christopher Brunet

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