#EconTwitter I want to take a moment today and list all the topics that economists study that aren't the stock market:

- student debt
- racial wealth gap
- prison industrial complex
- sex work
- doctors behavior
- public health
- car industry
- climate change
- racial protests https://twitter.com/jacq_kim/status/1341888543409451008

List continues:

- LGTBQ+ issues
- housing
- shopping behavior
- sexism in basically anything
- neighborhood segregation
- women's leadership in developing countries
- immigration
- movies
- pop music
- emails (aka nudges thank @R_Thaler)
- mf #Christmas honestly lol

- parenting @ProfEmilyOster
- workplace dynamics
- social programs like medicare and head start
- incentives in basically anything
- mf twitter and social media
- social networks shoutout to @ben_golub
- African-American history @TrevonDLogan
- literal video games

#Econtwitter list continues with:

- feminism
- reparations @SandyDarity
- how we measure if and then statements @causalinf
- names literal NAMES @drlisadcook @TrevonDLogan
- taxes
- billionaires
- sports MF SPORTS
- fashion

Economists study EVERYTHING and there's MORE!!!

Do y'all now see why I talk so much about how it is bad that economists are mostly white men? When I say that economists everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE.

Most companies have economists on staff, which is why diversity in the profession is absolutely necessary.

let me also give a short list of where economists currently sit (btw they stay employed even through a global pandemic):

- universities
- tech companies
- any kind of government
- data centric research
- philanthropy
- gaming companies
- office of POTUS
- hospitals

I'll end this thread with a list of other places that economists work at:

- your cable company
- environmental organizations
- the music industry
- the freaking United Nations
- news and media outlets cc @claudia_sahm @Noahpinion
- political campaigns
- Amtrak probably

#EconTwitter so the takeaway here is that economists do more than just study the economy.

And as someone who stumbled into this field, I will do my very best to share all that I know about economics and how it can be used to make the world a better place.

#EconTwitter Also, although economists sit in these spaces, they are not the (sole) experts.

Case in point: While some economists are studying COVID-19, none of them should be assumed to be experts on epidemiology itself because there are actual epidemiologists. #epitwitter

lol some of these quote tweets are confusing:

1) I'm not coming for the OP at all, just used it as a jumping off point

2) the point of this thread is to bring awareness of what the hell economists can do

#ReadingComprehensionSavesLives

This tweet is doing slight numbers so I want plug that if you are a Black woman and you were intrigued by any part of this thread, consider coming through to @SadieCollective annual conference for Black women in econ and related fields #SACE2021: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-sadie-tm-alexander-conference-for-economics-and-related-fields-tickets-128948665931?aff=

Ahead of #ASSA2021, which I am pretty sure I'm not going to lol (I just forgot to get a ticket), I am re-upping this thread.