Novack Equilibrium Theory (NETs)
Most people sense that inflation and prices behave differently than official numbers suggest—and NETs shows they’re picking up on something real. Novack Equilibrium Theory (NETs) is a time‑anchored way to measure the economy that uses human time as a fixed “ruler,” revealing patterns our current tools blur. The aim isn’t to bend data to our feelings, but to uncover the economic reality that explains why those feelings persist
What readers get
Clear, visual breakdowns of how prices and wages have really moved over time.
Deep dives on inflation, interest rates, and monetary policy through the lens of human time.
Case studies that compare “official” measures to NETs‑style measures so you can see where they diverge.
Occasional applied pieces on careers, housing, and investing using NETs as the underlying framework.
Who this is for
If you’ve ever felt gaslit by economic headlines—“inflation is under control” while your costs keep climbing—this publication is for you. You don’t need a PhD; you just need curiosity and a desire for tools that reflect lived reality instead of averages and abstractions.
About the creator
I’m Kyle Novack, a numbers‑obsessed husband, father, and automotive industry professional who couldn’t shake the feeling that the official story about inflation didn’t match real life. My curiosity pulled me out of life‑insurance exams and retirement planning when I realized I didn’t like sales—and I liked even less the feeling of nudging families into a financial system that didn’t quite add up. My gut told me I couldn’t lead people down that road, so I followed my other passion, cars, and kept pulling on the loose threads in the numbers until they revealed that our picture of how the economy works has been built on distorted data from mis‑measured inflation.
That trail led to Novack Equilibrium Theory (NETs), a time‑anchored framework that treats human time as the real economic “ruler,” and to the uncomfortable conclusion that a small, persistent error in our inflation tools has quietly helped hollow out the middle class. NETs is my attempt to surface that reality in a way ordinary households can finally see and use.
What to do next
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