MacroDigest was created to make the most useful economic commentary, analysis, and news easier to discover.
The project combined algorithmic topic clustering with human curation, helping readers follow systemically important debates without relying on a single feed or publication.
LSE award-winning project
“A surprisingly good aggregator.”
Brad DeLongGrasping Reality
“I not only visit the site every day (or more), I use it every day, and there are no more than half a dozen aggregator sites where I would say that.”
Tyler CowenMarginal Revolution
From information overload to a curated signal
The idea came to Garrick while he was a PhD student trying—and failing—to stay on top of the deluge of economic news and debate through RSS readers, Twitter, and other fragmented sources.
Built and supported at LSE
After Garrick bootstrapped a prototype, MacroDigest won the London School of Economics Entrepreneur of the Year Award and received project funding from LSE Learning Technology and Innovation and the Centre for Macroeconomics.
Archive note: MacroDigest’s original third-party links are no longer consistently available. This page preserves the project’s purpose, story, and contemporary recognition without sending readers to unreliable destinations.
Interested in this work?
For questions about MacroDigest, economic information design, or related advisory projects, contact Garrick.