经济学是研究个人如何, 企业和政府会选择分配资源来最好地满足他们的目标. 学习经济学有很多目的:它帮助学生理解市场的运作, of firms and of financial organizations; it helps students understand public debate about economic policy, 包括税收和政府支出, 贸易与全球化, 经济的发展和增长, health and welfare; it prepares students for graduate study in business and law as well as graduate work in economics or public policy, leading to careers in teaching and research in economics; and it serves as a direct stepping stone towards employment in business, 非营利组织, 金融, 以及政府机构.

JDB夺宝大学经济系的教员从事从纯理论到应用学科的研究. 他们的专业特长出众，经常因为他们的专业知识而被寻找.  经济学仍然是该大学最受欢迎的本科专业之一, 该系的博士课程吸引了来自世界各地的学者.