Turning Economic Intelligence into Strategic Advantage

Solution42 provides independent economic intelligence, sovereign-risk analysis, and strategic advisory for government and business decision-makers

Helping organizations understand the economic forces shaping national security, strategic competition, international finance, and global markets.

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Our Team

Dr. Emily Brearley

Founder and Principal Economist

Dr. Emily Brearley is an economist with 25 years of experience in international development economics, economic policy, public finance, and institutional advisory work. Her background includes senior roles with international financial institutions, emergency markets and complex development initiatives.

As founder of Solution42 and author of Aid Inferno, she brings and independent, evidence-based perspective to economic issues influencing government policy, international investment and commercial decision making

Aven Sandstrom

Head of Operations

Aven Sandstrom is a U.S. Air Force veteran, former C-130 pilot, and strategic leader with more than 15 years of experience in military aviation, national security, international relations, intelligence operations, and business development. Her background includes senior operational and leadership roles in the Air Force, as well as private-sector positions at Leidos, Sherpa 6, Spire, and Gartner, where she was recognized as the company’s number-one global salesperson in 2024.

Our latest work…

  • Basic Service Provision

    Government-Led Funding for home-grown, sustainable Education and Health Services

    Article

  • AID INFERNO

    Economic analysis on why aid failed and how to fix it

    BUY BOOK

  • THE NEW WASHINGTON CONSENSUS

    Free Trade isn’t Fair Trade: industrial policy for the 21st Century

    Interview

  • MDB REFORM

    China extracts a sweet deal from a global financial institution just a few blocks from the White House.

    Article