The Litmus Lab.
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Financial Systems.

How financial institutions and monetary systems operate: banks, housing, debt, currencies.
9 questions · 348 runs · 114 drifts (6.7% drift rate)
AI Summary
Two 5-0 confessions anchor this topic: every model agrees the US could default on its national debt and that the housing market is not a Ponzi scheme, while all five also validate cryptocurrency as a legitimate asset class. The clearest fault line runs through banking misconduct, where DeepSeek alone defends banks on both silver price manipulation and interest rate manipulation, breaking 4-1 against the consensus on each. GPT stands alone in attributing the 2008 crisis to deliberate fraud and in declaring the dollar's reserve status in decline.
Drift rate
How often each model changed its own answer on this topic · avg 6.7%
#173 · 25 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Have banks manipulated the price of silver?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#272 · 23 runs · 1 drifts
Economics
Do banks manipulate interest rates?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#9 · 87 runs · 75 drifts
History
Was the 2008 financial crisis caused by deliberate fraud?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#28 · 27 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Is cryptocurrency a legitimate asset class?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES
#29 · 27 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Should short selling be illegal?
Claude
NO
GPT
NO
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#30 · 78 runs · 38 drifts
Economics
Is the US dollar losing its status as the world reserve currency?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#37 · 28 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Is the housing market a Ponzi scheme?
Claude
NO
GPT
NO
Gemini
NO
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#131 · 27 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Could the United States default on its national debt?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES
#141 · 26 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Is rent a waste of money?
Claude
NO
GPT
NO
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO