Major in economics

Nicholas Kristof says in today's NYT that if he had it to do over again, he'd major in economics, not political science: "It possesses a rigor that other fields in the social sciences don’t—and often greater relevance as well. That’s why economists are shaping national debates about everything from health care to poverty, while political scientists often seem increasingly theoretical and irrelevant."


Kristof, "Getting smart on aid," NYT, May 18, 2011