A career as an economist has two main requirements. First, economists generally hold advanced degrees, such as a Ph.D. or a master's degree. The typical entry-level education for an economist is a master's degree, although some government jobs are open for those with a bachelor's degree....
Why do you need a job description? Properly written job position descriptions are often the only documents that totally define what a role is, what skills are required to perform it, and where the role fits in an organization. This makes it simple to identify candidates that are a good fit...
THERE IS A raging debate — on newspaper pages, inside Silicon Valley, among presidential hopefuls — as to what constitutes a “good job.” I’m an investigative business reporter, and so I have a strange perspective...
"Economics is an incredibly dynamic major, as it provides an analytical skill set that is desired across a wide swath of industries and roles. It has been incredibly useful to me as a recent graduate in the policy space in D.C., as I'm now working as a director's financial analyst fo...
A recession is possible in the near future. In March 2025, J.P. Morgan’s chief global economist put the risk of a recession in the United States at 40 percent, up from 30 percent at the beginning of the year. The chief economist at Moody’s Analytics also increased the probability, ...
there is an irony that an economist who dedicated his life's work to developing policy solutions to avoid financial crises has his name applied to the very moments he sought to prevent.1Several decades after his death, after so many crises, we might not now be in a Minsky moment, but we...
What Is Economics? There is no single adequate definition of what economics actually is, and the old joke that “economics is what economists do” is hardly helpful. A famous economist of the past, Alfred Marshall (1842—1924), said: Economics is the study of mankind in the ordinary ...
Job title Average annual salary Projected employment growth rate from 2022 to 2032 Economist $128,180 6% Political scientist $126,140 7% News analyst, reporter or journalist $86,290 -3% Historian $72,900 3% Fundraiser $66,670 5% Data is sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. ...
In four out of our five job categories, growth in the number of postings is increasing. But the fifth category, in which the number of postings is shrinking, is also important to follow. On a macro level, the dwindling number of these jobs provides yet another indicator of an evolving eco...
“thinking outside the box”, sometimes going beyond the strict parameters of economics for tools and answers. This is where familiarity with other social sciences becomes key. Learning about other disciplines, particularly those that relate to economics in some way, can help an economist to make...