How do you know if I am interested in Economics?

Are you interested in making money or finding logical solutions to all sorts of problem. If its the latter and your not just motivated with whats driving markets, how to make money then go for Economics. If you wonder why is diet coke can round while milk can rectangle, then your interested in Economics.

What are 3 things that economists might do?

Economists conduct research, collect and analyze data, monitor economic trends, and develop forecasts. Their research might focus on topics such as energy costs, inflation, interest rates, farm prices, rents, imports, or employment.

What are the roles of economics?

More specifically, economics studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, which are both a key driver of development (increasing standards of living through providing food, housing, and other basic human requirements) and a main cause of current changes in earth systems.

Do economists take the blame for everything that goes wrong?

The moment something goes wrong in the economy it is the economists who take the blame. Not the mathematicians and engineers or MBA grads who work on wall street and run various businesses in the country. Economists see the bigger picture of a society and it’s behaviour.

Why does my face turn red when I talk about economics?

Also, as an ‘active’ economist (one who has gained a great degree of knowledge of the economic problems of many nations, especially the U.S.), my face has turned red because of the number of facepalms I’ve given myself in response to ignorant claims by non-economists.

What is the job outlook for an economist?

Economists can work in a number of professions. They can work in consultancy. They can work in government. They can work in academia. They can work in the media, either in specialist outlets or in more mainstream ones. They can work in an applied field where being an economist is a useful skill but not essential.

Why do you want to become an economist?

This is the reason why I want to become an economist and not to control or make extra money, but to see that most resources required for human survival is distributed to every human being who is in need of it. It is just a another science that helps in making this world a better place.