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Joshua Thompson

Founder — student, builder, and independent researcher

Portrait of Joshua Thompson
School
Junius H. Rose High School · Class of 2027
Guiding values
  • · Curiosity — economics should be something anyone can explore, not a subject reserved for specialists.
  • · Public service — this project exists to help the community, not to sell anything.
  • · Transparency — every figure ships with its source, method, and confidence.
  • · Education — the goal is understanding, not just data.
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Biography

Joshua Thompson is a high school senior at Junius H. Rose High School and the founder of TALLY Insights. His interest in economics grew from noticing how changes in prices and the cost of everyday life can affect people differently. As he explored those questions, he became interested in the gap between broad economic statistics and the experiences those numbers represent. TALLY Insights began as an effort to make economic information more understandable, practical, and connected to ordinary life.

"I created TALLY Insights because I wanted a way to understand what was happening to the cost of everyday life around me, and I realized many others were asking the same questions. Prices were changing, hidden costs were appearing everywhere, and the economy felt increasingly difficult to understand on a personal level. I couldn't find a tool that explained these changes in a way that felt relevant to ordinary people, so I decided to build one. My hope is that TALLY helps people better understand their own experiences, ask better questions, and feel more informed about the economic forces shaping their lives."

A short timeline

  • 2025Begins building TALLY Insights as an independent, free public resource for understanding the real cost of everyday life.
  • 2026Opens TALLY Insights to the wider public as an ongoing educational initiative.
TALLY Insights is an independent, student-built public resource. It is not a company, startup, investment product, or commercial service. It is provided free of charge and exists solely to help people better understand the changing cost of everyday life and the economics that shape it.