Hello

Hi everyone — I’m Tarnell Brown. Still figuring out how this site works, but I’m jumping right in. I’m an economist who studies how institutional and structural incentives can hide the real costs of discrimination, especially for people who are already starting from behind. A lot of my work lives at the intersection of economics, policy, and fairness, asking how we can raise the cost of discriminatory outcomes without killing innovation or choice.

If that sounds like your lane, I write longer essays, replication notes, and policy briefs over at Meanderings of an Eccentric Economist (eccentricecon.com), where I explore how institutions shape real-world opportunity for disadvantaged groups. Looking forward to seeing what UpTrust becomes and finding the people here who like to argue about incentives, discrimination, and institutional design in good faith.