Saras Totey
Fairview High School student in Boulder, Colorado. Research Analyst Assistant at Northeastern University. Builder of econ.mom, EconLever, and LocalLedger.
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| Source URLs | Pass | Every metric links to its public source. |
| Dataset names | Pass | Displayed metrics include dataset labels. |
| Fetch timestamps | Pass | Pipeline timestamps are included. |
| Null handling | Pass | Unavailable values are explicit. |
| Static export | Pass | Data is bundled at build time. |
| Integrity checks | Pass | Validation runs before build. |
About the founder
Saras Totey is a student at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado, and a Research Analyst Assistant at Northeastern University, where he assists with research on the socioeconomic legacy of Reaganomics, specifically analyzing how the 1981 to 1989 reduction in top marginal rates and welfare retrenchment shaped post-tax income disparity.
He also serves as Head Economics Researcher at The Dividend Collective, a youth-led economics and policy research organization, while publishing his broader economics work through econ.mom.
Economics work
A 2x National Economics Challenge Qualifier and an International Economics Olympiad Winter Challenge Bronze Medalist, Saras is also a competitive extemporaneous speaker and a social-impact founder. He builds tools that translate dense economic research into accessible, decision-ready interfaces for students, debaters, and civic audiences.
The journey began with EconLever, a single-purpose calculator built to demystify the levers behind macroeconomic policy. Students used it. Debate teams cited it. Teachers shared it. But one tool was never going to be enough.
The Mother of Econ
Saras kept building. The Mother of Econ is a collection of twelve purpose-built instruments for AP and policy economics. Each one answers a question that, until now, had no public answer, or whose answer was paywalled, stale, or wrong.
The Mother of Econ was built independently in a bedroom in Boulder with no team and no budget. The lessons from shipping it, including how to make a free tool feel serious and how to earn trust without a brand behind you, eventually became the foundation for ATT Agency, a Boulder, Colorado marketing and brand studio Saras went on to co-found.
LocalLedger
LocalLedger continues the same idea for community economic intelligence: every tool is readable, every formula is shown, and every dataset is cited. If official data is not available, the site says “Data unavailable” instead of filling the gap with an estimate.
“Si vis pacem, para statistica.” Peace through numbers, not through pretending we have them.
Links
- econ.mom
Primary site and sister project for Saras Totey economics work.
- LinkedIn
Founder profile and professional background.
- Buy Me a Coffee
Support Saras Totey and independent economics tools.
- EconLever
Macroeconomic policy lever calculator.
- The Dividend Collective
Youth-led economics and policy research profile.