Meet the Team
Recognising the lack of platforms where students can share their passion for economics, Sarah created a website to facilitate interest and discussion for youth across the world. Her major interests include stabilisation policy and growth models in macroeconomics, human capital theory in labour economics, and the history of economic crises. Sarah wants to pursue a career in finance, but is always open to other fields such as policy making and NGO work. She welcomes everyone on board and hopes to learn much.
Sarah Baek
Founder & Managing Editor
Rissa acknowledges the integration of economics in people's day to day life but found that a handful of people dismiss this. She embeds her strong passion for economics by actively amplifying the different perspectives and opinionated voices economists have through international platforms like BE. Rissa enjoys talking about politics with an open mind and is constantly seeking to challenge her beliefs. She is particularly familiar with political theory related to democracy and power. Eager, she hopes to meet like-minded individuals, gaining an insight into different outlooks of the economic world.
Rissa Cheung
Associate Editor
Inspired by the varied nature of economics and its centrality to society, Stella hopes to use BE as a platform to educate others and encourage debate. She is particularly interested in international economics, development, and economic growth models. She hopes to expand her perspectives and her knowledge of economics, and looks forward to working with other passionate individuals.
Stella Wilson
Associate Editor
Muzaffar has a deep interest in the financial markets, especially the tech sector. He joined BE to share his analysis on global economic affairs, using his wide array of knowledge within economics, finance, and politics. He plans to work either in private equity or the technology sector after university.
Muzaffar Haqqani
Huda is an undergraduate student at UCL, and she has developed a strong interest in political economy, particularly surrounding issues on the environment, social and economic inequalities and sustainable development. Through BE, she hopes to expand her knowledge and understanding of economics and the solutions that can be applied to the issues we face today. She hopes to express her own ideas and opinions as well as learn of others on problems and topics in politics and economics.
Huda Javed
Sajeel is currently studying economics at A-level and wants to go on to learn economics at university. His main interests are in development economics and has recently started to learn more about the mathematical and strategic side of economics through game theory. He hopes to use BE to build and share his knowledge while connecting with people who share the same passion for economics.
Sajeel Bhat
Rohan Naval is very passionate about political issues. He studies at Greenwood High in the 11th grade. Rohan is rather discontent with the coverage of economic issues as he feels most of these economist have two main errors: the first being that they work backwards to support foregone conclusions, and the second being that they are not analytical enough. Hence, he would be interested in writing about political issues as they relate to economics, in addition to covering economic developments and trends.
Rohan Naval
Archanaa has developed an interest in the complex world of economics as she is currently studying her A-levels. Her topic of interest is still yet to be discovered; however, she is keen to learn more about the contrasting international economies and the stock market. Her current plans include studying economics at uni and becoming a consultant for firms providing practical solutions using economic theories and models. She hopes that BE can help broaden her economic knowledge and allow her to provide unique viewpoints on certain topics.
Archie Baheerathan
Daniel is a diligent sixth form student, currently studying Maths, Biology, Economics and Geography at A-level. He loves the real-world applications economics has to our daily lives and his major interests are behavioural and development economics, as he believes these disciplines can be used to explain and understand many problems that our economies face today. In the future Daniel aspires to pursue a career within the financial sector and hopes learn a lot during his time on the team.
Daniel Bateren
Recognising the lack of financial education in teenagers and young adults, Daniel started to educate via short form videos on TikTok and Instagram. Over the past two years he has gained over 100,000 followers on his platforms, and is continuing to provide economics and financial education.
Daniel hopes to write interesting economics periodicals for BE and educate even more people. He is particularly interested in behavioural economics and the global economy.
Daniel would like to read economics at university, and in the future he would like to start his own company.
Daniel Sundaram
Jake is a Philisophy, Politics and Economics student at the University of Edinburgh. His interest focuses on game theory, oligopoly models, and political economics. He wants to pursue a career as a consultant to help both private and public organisations to achieve efficiency in their operation. Jake hopes that more students will gain critical thinking skills and uni-level knowledge in economics through BE.
Jake Lee
Suji is an undergraduate student at Durham University studying Economics and Politics. Her main interests are sustainability of economics, political economics and developmental economics. She hopes to share opinions and hear interesting ideas on economic issues and policies by joining Be an Economist.
Suji Kim
Pranav first discovered his interest in economics through Noble Prize videos, as well as documentaries like 'A Beautiful Mind' and 'Freakonomics'. His interests include the financial markets, behavioral economics, and game theory. In the future, he aspires to explore how elements of economics can be used to solve pressing socio-economic issues. Through BE, Pranav hopes to expand his knowledge and connect with other passionate individuals.
Pranav Aggarwal
The cause of the 2008 financial crisis goes back to 1970s and the problem still exists in the current system. To share Junbin’s opinion to others he is joining the BE and professionally analyze the past activities in the financial markets and evaluate what can be done to fix the weaknesses.
Junbin Lee
David wants to pursue a study and research Economics by sharing thoughts. Although his intended major is Management, he wants to inform communities that the global economy is ever-changing and of growing concern to businesses. One consistent interest that grew throughout his A-level studies was how dominant monopoly or oligopoly market structures have facilitated innovation.
David Song
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Nathan is a high school student at Maryland, United States. He enjoys diverse subjects such as history, math/CS, and of course, economics. He has not decided what to major in 2024 when he goes to colldge. For BE, he would like to share his reading and thinking in areas like US Economics and behavior economics.
Nathan Zhong
Gaeun recently started studying economics at A-level and is passionate to study more of it. Her main interests are international and behavioural economics. She is also interested in firms' responses to the ever-changing global economy and wants to pursue management at university. She hopes to build her knowledge and expand her perspectives by sharing opinions and discussing various economic issues through BE.
Gaeun Lee