Abhinav Jagtap is an American high school researcher applying to college to study economics, focusing on how economic measurement shapes policy. He has recently self-designed the Economic Security Index, a composite measure drawn from seven federal datasets, and has researched AI-driven labor market disruption. His paper on why the US safety net isn’t ready for AI-driven job loss was published in the National High School Journal of Science. He hopes to keep working on how governments measure household financial security.