WEEK 1: 10 Questions About Economics

1. What is Economics? 
    Economics is a course that studies the rational decision. Maybe it has a little affect for our personal decision, but very useful and valuable for making a public decision(Heyne).
2. Is Economics a part of Business?
    Some business man thinking problems in the economic way because sometimes economy can better to explain and solve their problems based on economics calculation. Some economists can predict the value of the market and a country's economy. Thus, some businesses use this advantage to change their company's police if avoid the risk and unnecessary loss. 
3. What Economists do for their job?
4. What work conditions do economists have?
5. Why does Economics major is under the College of  Social Science not the College of Business?
    Economics can be a part of Business, but literally, it belongs to Social Science.
6. What is the average salary for an economist?
7. Where are the most popular fields do economist work?
8. Who are the most successful economists in the world?
    Based on the Book, The Economic Way of Thinking, there are some popular economists in the world, such as the author of the book Paul Heyne, Peter J. Boettke, and DavidL. Prychitko. 
9. Are there a lot of math work in economics?
    According to the book The Economic Way of Thinking, there can be another way to think economics without formulas, calculations, and functions. The author taught us how to think economic way based on some stories and pictures. Maybe there's a way to solve the economic problem using math solution, while there's another way using arts and analysis to get done the problem. 
10. Is there any test for being an Economist?
     

work cited

Heyne, Paul. The Economic Way of Thinking author. Prentice Hall.  12 Edition. 2009. 1-2. Print


I think the book The Economic Way of Thinking is a very helpful tool helping me answer the questions above. I just start reading this book and not finish it yet. As a learner of Economics, I hope I can learn more information and knowledge about my major. Economics is a branch of social science. If I wish to become a real economist in the future, I think I'd better to get to know many different societies. However, I will keep up learning economics.