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Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised.

Economics is everywhere, and understanding economics can help you make better decisions and lead a happier life.

Economics is a strange science. Our subject deals with some of the most important as well as mundane issues that impinge on the human condition.

I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.

No one is entertained by economics.

People today don't become economists to make the world a better place.

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.

People want to think of economics as a natural science, like physics, with the comforting reliability of simple-to-understand theories like F=MA. Unfortunately, it isn't. Economics is a social science, and the so-called theories are really social and moral constructs.

Economics is mostly how humans rationalize who gets what and why. It's how we instantiate our preferences about status, privileges, and power.

I got into economics because I wanted to make things better for the average person.