My impression is it is relatively easy to do a PhD in econ after a maths undergrad (possibly even preferred); it is basically impossible to do a maths PhD after an econ undergrad.
Well, it depends on what your objectives are! If you wanted to be a politician or an investment banker econ would likely be better. People might find it easier to help you if you shared some details about your goals. You mentioned AI briefly; maths would almost certainly be much better for that.
The thing is I really don’t have any specific objectives/goals. It sounds like Maths is best for keeping options open, so I suppose I should do that and narrow down later.
The benefits would come if you are more interested in econ than in math. I’m doing an econ PhD and if I had done a math undergrad I would have gouged my eyes out.
Ah yes I forgot about that. Considering I’m personally equally able/willing to do Maths, things seem to be lining up to say that Maths gives much of the same benefits as Econ but keeps more options open.
My impression is it is relatively easy to do a PhD in econ after a maths undergrad (possibly even preferred); it is basically impossible to do a maths PhD after an econ undergrad.
With that being the case, do you think there are even any benefits to doing Economics from the start rather than Maths?
Well, it depends on what your objectives are! If you wanted to be a politician or an investment banker econ would likely be better. People might find it easier to help you if you shared some details about your goals. You mentioned AI briefly; maths would almost certainly be much better for that.
The thing is I really don’t have any specific objectives/goals. It sounds like Maths is best for keeping options open, so I suppose I should do that and narrow down later.
Well, as someone who also had to choose between maths and econ, I can at least tell you that I chose maths.
The benefits would come if you are more interested in econ than in math. I’m doing an econ PhD and if I had done a math undergrad I would have gouged my eyes out.
Ah yes I forgot about that. Considering I’m personally equally able/willing to do Maths, things seem to be lining up to say that Maths gives much of the same benefits as Econ but keeps more options open.