# Professor Nicholas Economides explains why economics is a popular college major

1 Faculty News October 20, 2017 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/denizcam/2017/10/20/what-should-you-major-in-if-you-want-to-be-a-billionaire/#cd854e17cf4b) -- "'It is not only a question on how to make money,' concurs Professor [Nicholas Economides](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides) from NYU. 'It is understanding the structures that create profitable opportunities.'"

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