If a public research space like this existed, what would you want it to prioritize, and what kinds of macro questions would you want to see tackled first?

I kept running into a wall with macro discussions that felt shallow. I wanted a place to test ideas, attach sources, and show the assumptions behind a claim.

I’m a college student studying economics and sociology at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and I started building Auster as a public research and modeling space for economics and markets. It’s not a brokerage or a news site. It’s a place to write up research and models in public so others can critique and build on them.

Lately I’ve been working on inequality and labor market questions, and trying to make the data and modeling steps explicit. I’m curious how others here approach things like sensitivity checks or alternative specifications.