how difficult is the math associated with economics?

Sligh_Anarchist
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:29:17 +0000

Economics isn’t “practical” in the sense that accounting is. You will never be asked in a typical corporate job to find the intersection of the inverse demand and supply curves, calculate the deadweight loss of a negative financial externality, etc. But the mathematical frame of mind and thinking associated with economics is useful as a liberal arts degree.

But to answer your question, it depends on the type of economics degree you take. Typically, it’s beneficial to take at least multivariable calculus to understand partial derivation. But there are many economics programs that only require basic calculus as a graduation requirement.