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Martin Luther King JR once said “It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.” The future is uncertain and the career path might shift, however, currently I am thinking about getting an economics degree. With an economics degree I am working closely with factors of production, distribution, consumption of goods and services and other money related matter. With a degree, I can get a job that can vary from products to services, and it can be in private or public sectors. Depending on the company, the career can have a major or minor impact to the environment. The solution to reduce …show more content…

One private sector job is Big Data Analyst offered by PowerAdvocate. The company helps other companies increase profit, manage suppliers and optimize business efficiency. The primary clients for the company are associated with power generation, transmission and distribution, and oil and gas. Despite the fact that PowerAdvocate is working in the financial side of the market, it is still part of the energy sector. Although the clients are not given, energy companies have one of the worst ratings. Based on Business Insiders written in 2009, 13 out of 15 companies are energy based. In addition, a news story called “The Environment's Worst Enemy? Energy Companies AND Environmentalists” states that “energy companies resisting even modest carbon management schemes to reduce emissions” (David McLaughlin, 11/24/13). Proving that as companies work for incentives and changing to be more environmental friendly does not have a monetary incentive. Since PowerAdvocate hides its client information, the company might have a small part of these few major enemies to the …show more content…

Microeconomics is economics in a company that focus mainly on market, consumption, and supply and demand. Macroeconomics on the other hand focus on nation's economics as a whole, thus it is harder to come up with a solution. An example would be an economist in the Department of The Treasury. This job concentrates on macroeconomic aspects such as tax policies, problem analysis, assumes technical responsibility for various phases, research and evaluates different data, and produce recommendations associate with different problems. As this job seen to have little impact on the environment, it would be very wrong. Macroeconomics is made out many microeconomics decisions and many companies including energy companies, and other harmful one. The solution is harder than jobs in microeconomics and there might not be

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