Economics is one of the most demanding, yet rewarding, disciplines that you can choose to study. Students of economics will gain insight into what motivates people to behave as they do and how different groups with different behaviors interact when they come together. The concepts and tools of analysis that Economics students learn also makes it one of the most adaptable and useful sets of skills a job candidate can have. Employers know that Economics majors are well-prepared analytically to face the challenges of a dynamic world.

More than anything else, economists like to ask questions about the individual and collective choices we make and seek to understand the impact of those choices on the world around us. Economists' quest for knowledge not only addresses questions involving the traditional economy such as: "Does free trade benefit consumers but hurt workers?" and "Does a minimum wage help or hurt the working poor?", but also questions outside of the traditional economy such as: "How do different types of environmental protection affect citizens well being ?", "Why do some people wait to marry and have children and others don't?", and "How do cultural values, levels of inequality, and public institutions affect the productivity of the economy?"

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