Comments on: About my Reed (undergrad) thesis http://www.standupeconomist.com/blog/humor/about-my-reed-undergrad-thesis/ What is (and isn't) funny about economics Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:16:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Yoram http://www.standupeconomist.com/blog/humor/about-my-reed-undergrad-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Yoram Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:23:47 +0000 http://www.standupeconomist.com/?p=730#comment-820 Math is a great background for doing economics, almost certainly better than economics. My theory for why this is: at least in micro, all economics courses are the same, just with more and more math. So folks who struggle with upper-level econ are likely to be struggling with the math, not the ideas. Again, that's just on the micro side. Math is a great background for doing economics, almost certainly better than economics. My theory for why this is: at least in micro, all economics courses are the same, just with more and more math. So folks who struggle with upper-level econ are likely to be struggling with the math, not the ideas. Again, that’s just on the micro side.

]]> By: Hesam http://www.standupeconomist.com/blog/humor/about-my-reed-undergrad-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Hesam Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:53:17 +0000 http://www.standupeconomist.com/?p=730#comment-737 Did not know you were a math major! Can you talk more about the transition from math to econ? How did it happen? How much did you need to learn and how did the math background help you? I am a math student (although in grad school) and I am looking for econ/finance jobs after graduation (also the type of math I do is pure, very much like your senior undergrad thesis). Did not know you were a math major! Can you talk more about the transition from math to econ? How did it happen? How much did you need to learn and how did the math background help you?

I am a math student (although in grad school) and I am looking for econ/finance jobs after graduation (also the type of math I do is pure, very much like your senior undergrad thesis).

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