<p>I'm going to be a sophmore when fall rolls around, so it's high time that I decided what major I'm going to pursue. Last year I took a wide variety of classes to aid in my search. What I found was that the classes I had the most interest in (politics and economics) I found the least worth in, and the classes I found the most worth in (education and sociology) I had little interest in. I was just wondering if there is somthing that i'm not seeing, or a way that I can reconcile this disparity. Are there common jobs in economics that can serve in the same way that a teacher or social worker can, short of going to around setting up co-ops?</p>
<p>Well, it really depends on how you define "worth" or the economist term, utility.</p>
<p>Is it monetary? Is it "helping people"?</p>
<p>One thing you might want to look at is public policy, you can use your political or economical knowledge to influence national/state laws or socail trends.</p>