What is ‘Optimist Economy’ …
besides two nouns smashed together?
The United States has remarkable economy — and yet for tens of millions of Americans it is not performing up to its potential. There is a long list of good ideas that could make our economy more open to aspiring workers, less hostile to change, safer for workers, less risky for retirees, and so on. We just haven’t tried them.
The good news is that we can. And on our podcast (and this site), economist Kathryn Anne Edwards and editor Robin Rauzi will talk about the fundamentals of the economy and the future that the U.S. can build, one problem and solution at a time.
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Who are we?
Kathryn Anne Edwards, a.k.a. keds_economist
I’m a Ph.D. economist who wears a lot of hats. For many years I worked at RAND, which is a research institution that is hired to solve public policy problems. A few years ago I started my own policy and research business, and I’m a proud to run my own shop.
I’m also a working writer and columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and have one foot in the Bloomberg media ecosystem, sometimes appearing on radio, TV, or live data releases to comment on economic news. But you probably know me as keds_economist, the handle I use to make videos and posts for social media explaining the economy and policy.
Robin Rauzi
I’m an editor who specializes in op-eds, commentary, essays and other forms of nonfiction. I was on the staff and a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times for many years. As an articles editor for the Op-Ed page, my job was collaborating with activists, academics, politicians and other subject matter experts to craft lively and convincing opinion essays. I started my freelance editing business, Get Rauzi Editorial Services, in 2009.
When I’m not editing for clients, who run the gamut from major orchestras to venture capital firms, I run an online program for personal writing called 40 Days + 40 Writes.
