Economics · Data · Policy

Daniel Bason.
Studying the systems
that shape what's next.

Senior studying Economics & Political Science. Interested in AI governance, data analytics, and the institutions that sit between the two.

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About

I'm a senior at [Your University] who got into economics because I wanted to understand why people make the decisions they do — and stayed because the data kept surprising me.

Right now I'm building expertise in AI governance and data analytics through a structured 90-day sprint: real projects, published writing, and honest feedback loops.

Outside the work: competitive [sport], reader of behavioral economics and game theory, and someone who thinks the best conversations happen over a long walk or a good coffee.

Currently Senior, Economics & Political Science
Focus areas AI governance · Data analytics · Finance
Tools Python · SQL · Excel · Tableau
Based in Los Angeles, CA
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Projects

Coding

FEC Campaign Finance Analyzer

Queried the FEC bulk data API to map PAC spending by industry. Identified trends in tech-sector political spending relative to AI policy votes.

Python SQL Matplotlib
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Coding

AI Policy Audit Pipeline

Automated pipeline pulling legislative data from the Congress.gov API into SQLite. Runs analytical queries and exports a CSV summary on each run.

Python SQLite API
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Research

Compute Governance Analysis

A policy brief mapping how semiconductor export controls function as a lever for AI governance. Grounded in CSET data and trade economics.

Policy AI Governance Economics
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Other

[Leadership / Athletic Achievement]

Add a memorable personal project, leadership role, or athletic feat here. The best "other" entry is the one that makes a recruiter pause.

Leadership
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Writing

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Reading list

Behavioral economics & decision theory

Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman The foundational text. Changed how I think about every model I build.
Misbehaving Richard Thaler Better than it has any right to be as a memoir and as economics.
The Art of Strategy Dixit & Nalebuff Game theory that actually applies to the decisions you face every week.

AI governance & tech policy

The Alignment Problem Brian Christian The clearest book-length treatment of why alignment is hard and why it matters.
Power and Progress Acemoglu & Johnson Best framing of who captures the gains from technological change.
The Code Breaker Walter Isaacson How science actually moves: messily, competitively, and with enormous stakes.

Resume

One page. Updated June 2026.

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