Economics
It's all about choices.
Economics focuses on the allocation and distribution of scarce resources. As a social science, economics is fundamentally about people, their needs, wants and behavior, and the institutions they construct.
Overview
Economics is everywhere! As workers, consumers, and sometimes business owners all of us have through our daily activities gained some knowledge of how the economy functions. This knowledge, however, is not systematic and precise. The modern economy is an extremely complex system of social institutions.
News & Highlights
Our very own Chair of Economics, Tom Nesslein will chair a session on "Land and Housing" at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Economics Association in Evanston, IL, on March 29-31, 2012.
News stories in Inside
- Teaching Scholars: Blaney, Himmelheber, Huh, Lowery, Medland, Saxton-Ruiz
September 6, 2012 - Faculty note: Shariff publication
May 9, 2011 - Faculty note: Shariff elected to academy board
April 19, 2010 - Dignitaries, others visit Tuesday to kick off Money Smart Week
October 12, 2009