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A framework that analyzes how facts are produced, distributed, and valued within a market-like system. Facts are not free; they cost money to research, verify, and disseminate. The economics of facts examines who can afford to produce facts, who controls their distribution, and how fact‑checking is funded. It reveals that the “marketplace of ideas” is not level: wealthy actors can flood the zone with falsehoods, while fact‑checkers struggle to keep up. Facts become a scarce resource, unequally distributed.
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