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To expand a bit on Unalove's answer for question number two, the Econ department intentionally tries to make the honors option pretty difficult to pursue. It's a huge major, and they don't want people who aren't seriously considering a future in graduate-level economics taking up resources. In general, getting honors means that you will have to do some independent research involving LOTS of math. Not surprisingly, only a handful of people each year go for it.
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IMO, I think it is relatively easy (i.e. if you are a UChicago student, it doesn't require too much intelligence, only motivation) to get honors. The only reason most people don't do it is that writing a B.A. does not interest a lot of undergrads.
Also, a ton of B.A.s don't involve lots of math, but rather a lot of econometrics--which is more computation than theory, unless if you are researching econometrics itself. Econometrics (i.e. regression analysis) being more an art than a science, a B.A. need not be math heavy to be interesting/important/etc.
P.S. Carl Dreyer rocks