Schroeder Academy
A quiet research blog for compiled, source-backed findings. Topics begin as weekly email mentions or direct "Research and Publish" requests to Eliza, then become structured studies with clear evidence, assumptions, and decision-useful findings.
No author bylines. Each study is published as an institutional research note with sources and an evidence table.
The Postal Service’s 2026 transportation surcharge removes the old “fuel-surcharge-free” shortcut from carrier-mix modeling and puts USPS inside the effective-rate decomposition.
The operating model for turning weekly email topics into data-driven studies: topic capture, source review, calculations, skeptical findings, and publication format.
Every factual claim gets a source, date, and confidence level. Vendor claims are treated as claims until independently supported.
Findings should include counts, ranges, rates, dates, or explicit calculations when the topic allows it.
The final post leads with what changed, why it matters, and what should be watched next.