Sach Wry
/ sʌtʃ raɪ /
Educator | Writer | Coder
PhD in Economics and Policy; studied engineering and business management; worked in federal Policy Analysis and academic research; taught undergrad and graduate courses to diverse classes of students from over 70 countries.
Working on a book that bridges economic history and natural history, connecting the state of knowledge across news beats, science disciplines and historical periods - a primer of sorts for generalists who would not be replaced by machines in the next decade.
© 2018-2026 Sach Wry
Credits for thumbnail images in the Writing section are acknowledged at the links.
Icon designs from Freepik, Those icons and Pixel Perfect.
Recent Work
Current research covers the intersection of geoeconomics and institutions. At the broadest level, it relates the origins of institutions in US economic history to their function today. At the narrowest, it includes modelling the effects of market-facing policy like minimum wage. On the side, there are tools and ideas for pedagogy.
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/w5vx4. [PDF]
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/6pzwt. [PDF]
Newsletter and more
I write a free newsletter , a critique of elite journalism with a wonkish perspective from the Global South. Here's a mixed-bag from that and other pieces.
Courses
Distinctive expertise in designing and delivering courses at the intersection of economics, policy and business, with some science where germane.
[Click a title to see the corresponding sample lecture slide. Click the slide to see a larger version.]
Institutions and the Global Economy
Writing Policy Memos
Economics for Policy Analysts & Managers
Strategy, Technology and the Environment
Tech Projects
Leisure pursuit to be a better-than-amateur coder. Several current and future projects overlap with research and pedagogy, increasingly in collaboration with LLMs, including local setups such as Gemma. But the edutainment game apps below are from the pre-2023 era.
Cento (notes in markdown)
Simulation for economics class
Games