Verified against primary sources: Social Security Administration, IRS, Medicare. Dated, linked, and logged.
The standard
The method is the product.
Money After Work is an independent research publisher for retirement’s biggest decisions. We build the cases, run the models, publish every source, log every correction, and stress-test every verdict. No products sold on commission, no individual advice — we show the work; you decide.
The four classes
Every on-screen and on-page number carries exactly one of these labels.
Everything we can't verify is labeled, visible, and adjustable. No hidden inputs.
Numbers come from a deterministic model, not opinion. Same inputs, same answer, every time.
A conditional conclusion with its conditions attached — and the conditions that would reverse it.
The evidence hierarchy
- 1Federal statute, regulation, or official agency publication.
- 2Deterministic model output from our own repository.
- 3Explicit, labeled case assumption.
- 4Editorial interpretation — labeled and reversible.
Nothing else is admissible. No third-party “success scores”, no opaque planning software.
Sources policy
Primary sources only, with dated access, refreshed before publication. Case 001 rests on 26 primary sources, re-verified same-day at render — the full ledger ships with the case: the receipts.
The error bounty
$50 to the first person who reports any verified factual error.
Public scoreboard
0
errors found to date
We intend to brag about that number for as long as we can and to pay fast when we can’t. Report an error: [email protected].
The corrections log
Standing, public, permanent. Currently empty.
Format promise — every entry will carry
- the date;
- what we said;
- what was true;
- what changed.
How the money works
We published the revenue rules before the company had meaningful revenue, and the categories we refuse are refused permanently, at any price. The full standards: How we make money and the sponsor standard.