The long-term impact of a good education is multifaceted and powerful, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney write.

In fact, having a working understanding of economics elevates personal finance education. Economic reasoning has many practical applications in life, especially when making financial choices.

Learning should be a spontaneous and natural process and the purpose of learning should be to examine phenomena; economic, mathematical, artistic or psychological, in an experiential way.

Business Economics provides all of this and more, publishing hard-hitting, peer-reviewed articles from academics, policy-makers and those in commerce. Regular features focussing on statistics, ...

But she is finding that success demands not just economic expertise, but a political prowess she is still learning to master.