My name is Ara Kharazian.
I'm an economist at Ramp. I live and work in New York.
My name is Ara Kharazian.
I'm an economist at Ramp. I live and work in New York.
Writing and analysis of AI, business spend, and the economy.
My research has been covered on NBC, ABC, the New York Times[1][2], Planet Money[1][2], Bloomberg[1][2][3][4], Fortune Magazine[1], the Financial Times[1], the Globe and Mail[1][2][3], Axios[1][2], the Atlantic[1], the Guardian[1][2], Vox[1], and more.
I was previously the Economic Research Lead at Square, where I developed Square Payroll Index, which became one of the key public datasets used to track restaurant worker wages, tips, and overtime in the United States. Before that, I was an economic consultant at Cornerstone Research.
My email is ara@arakharazian.com. I'm on X / Twitter, LinkedIn, and Substack.