<p>You are right, most economics graduates do not get a job doing economic forecasting for large corporations. I was trying to correct the impression left by thebull in post #13 that the reason that economics was a popular major was that there was such a huge demand for economic forecasters working for large corporations.</p>
<p>By the way, S1 confirms that economics (in course) is considered a relatively easy major at Swarthmore. He’s a math/physics major.</p>