It is the only social science that awards the Nobel Prize. The students majoring in Economics should finish their general education, the college requirement, and a foreign language. Specifically the minority students benefit from majoring in this field. Government provides jobs at the federal, state, and local levels for them. Private companies such as financial firms and banks employ economists all the time.
Businesses employ economists to forecast sales and economic conditions.
Students with a strong economics background and a minimum of one foreign language may find a job with a multi-national company. Many economists work for international agencies such as World Bank, U.S. State Department, U.S. AID, and the United Nations. As an economist, you may do private research, or work as a consultant to corporation or government.