"If I were going through college today, I’d major in economics. It possesses a rigor that other fields in the social sciences don’t — and often greater relevance as well. That’s why economists are shaping national debates about everything from health care to poverty, while political scientists often seem increasingly theoretical and irrelevant.  Economists are successful imperialists of other disciplines because they have better tools." -- Nicholas Kristof, Getting Smart on Aid (5/19/2011)