Economics

About this course

Economics is the science of how individuals, firms, and societies make decisions under scarcity. It is a discipline that uses formal models and empirical evidence to understand how markets work, why economies grow, how firms compete, and how governments should respond to market failures, unemployment, and inequality. Microeconomics studies individual behaviour and market structure; macroeconomics addresses the aggregate behaviour of entire economies. The rigour of economic reasoning, combined with its relevance to the most pressing policy questions of the day, makes it one of the most powerful and versatile intellectual disciplines available. At Goldsmiths, which brings its own critical and socially engaged perspective to the social sciences, this three-year full-time programme covers the mainstream of the discipline, including microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, econometrics, and t

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 45% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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