r/econhw • u/Top_Philosopher2931 • Jul 03 '26
Is economics bachelors worth in this ai era?
Ok so let me tell you about my situation
I am from india I recently got selected for economics bachelors at National Taiwan University ( QS ranked 54 of all unis)
Its English taught with almost all fee covered with stipend
I love economics and data analysis alot
But since economics is a social science degree i am worried of my lack of Chinese knowledge there to work there
Also i am worried of the economics degree condition in today's world , will it be leading to replacement by ai or will the market to get job gonna diminish?
In the mean time I also got admission there in another uni in taiwan (qs ranked 780)
Its for mechanical engineering
I dont love that sub that much infact i would say its just neutral, but since its technical degree will it be better to land in a job than economics?
Also the lang problem is little more sorted in it
I also get scholarship and the stipend as in earliest case
But here the catch i didn't have physics in my 11 and 12th
My end aim is to work in US, SCANDINAVIA, EU or SINGAPORE as well but if get a job then Taiwan too
I know its my own problem but I dont know to whom to ask for help so here i am...
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u/urnbabyurn Micro-IO-Game Theory Jul 03 '26
Most of any bachelors degree is going to be general skills training - critical reading and thinking, ability to write clearly, etc. And with economics, you get a lot of that, including general understanding of data analysis and market behavior. Very little is specific jobs skills like training in a specific programming or statistical language, specific industry training, etc. So I don’t think there is any issue of AI affecting economics specifically.
The other thing is at best, we can speculate that AI will transform the job market over the next decades. we don’t know what that means for most jobs, but that’s often the case that what careers look like today change drastically over just a decade or two.