The Idiot Index.

Five ratios. Each one measures extraction against value. We compute them from public filings — the same documents companies already submit to regulators. Nothing is leaked. Nothing is private. We just put it in one place, normalized, and we show our work.

Each number carries a witnessing receipt — a cryptographic signature you can verify yourself. The methodology is public; you can challenge it. Companies can respond, and their responses appear with equal visual weight to the ratios themselves. We don’t hide what we see, and we don’t refuse to be questioned.

This is a public utility, not a verdict machine. Citizens use it to understand what their dollar is doing. Journalists use it for sourcing. Asset managers and grant evaluators use it for due diligence. Companies use it to see themselves — and to respond. The Idiot Index doesn’t tell you what to think. It shows you what we can measure, honestly, and lets you decide.

The name is a provocation. An “idiot index” is what you call a metric that’s embarrassingly simple to compute and embarrassingly hard to argue with. Markup over cost. Executive pay against the median worker. Money pulled out of the business versus money put back in. None of these are controversial measurements. They’re just measurements nobody bothered to collect in one place.

Browse by sector or by company. Pick the ratio that matters to you. Read the methodology if you doubt the math. If you find something wrong, file a dispute — every challenge gets a public response.