<p>UCLAri -- I'm backing you up here. I'm one of those people (like you, maybe) that thinks economics is perhaps the most flexible, applicable major. Everything -- and I mean everything, no exception -- ties back into economics. After all: what isn't part of a trend or pattern? what can't be quantified or predicted? and what doesn't have self-interest as a motivation? Economists don't just work with interest rates and inflation and the reserve requirement -- they can discern more about romance and crime and international affairs than almost anyone else. </p>
<p>Sorry if I got off-topic, but I <3 Friedman. Anyhow, I don't see how you can be an expert in, basically, "poor, disadvantaged children who lack homes" without getting into opportunity cost, sustainable development, or human capital.</p>