More jobs for economists – the future’s looking bright!

According to this article, “Silicon Valley giants ranging from Yahoo to Google to eBay are scrambling to hire economists” because “economists have the ability to look at past data and predict what would happen if you change the game.”

Not only that, “internet companies see the economists as critical in their efforts to fine-tune advertising networks that serve millions of online ad impressions a day, and to better understand e-commerce.” Not that we need further reasons to promote our subject but just in case!