Economics

About this course

Economics is the study of how individuals, organisations and societies make decisions about the allocation of scarce resources. It uses formal mathematical and statistical tools to build and test theories about behaviour, markets, incentives, prices, growth and inequality, and it applies those tools to questions ranging from why wages differ across jobs and countries to how monetary policy affects inflation, or what trade agreements do to living standards. It is both a rigorous scientific discipline and a field that engages directly with some of the most pressing debates in public life. At Northeastern University London, which brings an American research university tradition to a central London setting, you will study economics within a programme that emphasises quantitative analysis and applied problem-solving. You will cover microeconomic theory, macroeconomics, econometrics, and a ra

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