Economics - a useless degree?

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<p>Economics, business, management, and everything closely related. They are among the most studied subjects at university in the entire world (there are several statistics on this)</p>

<p>Adding the fact that many people who are interested in the field and/or want to work in the field can do so without a degree, what's the sense of studying it at university unless you do it at a top university?</p>

<p>I started studying Economics this year (at a normal university) because I'm really interested in the field... but I was shocked to see how many others are studying it...</p>

<p>What to do if the supply of economists/business-students/etc. becomes greater than the demand of them in the world?</p>

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<p>It doesn't really matter, the vast majority of people with careers today have nothing to do with their actual major. Businesses just want to see if you have a degree, many times it doesn't matter what the field is.</p>

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<p>It depends what your goals are. If you want to become a CPA there are specific requirements for that as far as accounting classes. There are also some firms that want accounting majors specifically.</p>

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<p>Ummm....according to who?!?!?!?!?!</p>

<p>Econ major->corporate law, investment banking, management, financial planning, investment management, etc etc etc</p>