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Quarterly Margins & Microwave Popcorn Sales: A Cross-Industry Predictive Framework Nobody Asked For is a satirical novel about Dr. Calvin Predd, a washed-up economist who accidentally ignites a global financial movement after presenting a tongue-in-cheek theory linking corporate profit margins to microwave popcorn sales. What begins as a parody of overfitted data models and predictive analytics is taken seriously by a rogue hedge fund, triggering a market frenzy. As financial institutions, corporations, and media outlets embrace ""Snackonomics,"" the absurd framework mutates into economic gospel, with CEOs rebranding as snackfluencers and entire sectors aligning with popcorn flavor trends. As Calvin grapples with the chaos he's unleashed, the narrative explores how data, belief, and narrative become inseparable in a post-rational market. Models once meant to interpret reality begin to shape it instead, as investors treat consumer snack behavior as market prophecy. Calvin watches helplessly as the joke becomes policy, and the Predd Index-a synthetic sentiment tracker based on popcorn sales-emerges as a market-moving force. The system, no longer interested in truth, finds comfort in consumable fictions, and Calvin's accidental invention is weaponized by capital, bureaucracy, and AI. Ultimately, the book is a sharp, darkly funny commentary on our obsession with data-driven certainty and the performative nature of modern capitalism. When the system begins to crack under the weight of its own absurdity, protests erupt, flavor data is sabotaged, and a collective movement emerges to reclaim unpredictability. Calvin becomes both scapegoat and prophet, retreating from the spotlight as the world spins onward-forever hungry for the next story to believe in. The book ends not with collapse, but with a quiet resistance: the choice to let popcorn be just popcorn again.

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