Economics studies how societies use scarce resources to produce valuable commodities for distribution among different people, how people use resources and respond to incentives, and how individuals and groups of people make decisions. Economics helps us understand historical trends, interpret contemporary issues, and make predictions about the future.
At Dartmouth, economics students take courses in finance, international economics, macroeconomics, competition and strategy, labor economics, development economics, and public economics. Faculty and students work together to use the tools and discipline of economics to understand pressing social issues. Students who take courses in Dartmouth's Economics Department are introduced to a unique way of asking questions and examining problems; thus, they develop their analytical thinking skills in the best tradition of the liberal arts.

