1-You shall be working much harder if you choose sciences, than economics study. Much more working/studying hours.
2-You earn x4 to 10 times more if you choose economics study
3-Economics/banking study does not require particular intellectual talents / skills. Mostly everyone can realize the study
4-Job security is the same between sciences and economics
5-Stress from job is lower in economics/banking


It's kind of true. It's easier and better to work in this field than these technical or technician jobs, and additionally scientific study are longer and much harder.

As I study science, my answer will be subjective. But personally i think science is much more general then economy. There will always be a need for people who can think. "Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell-script" is a suitable quote here. Certain management tasks can more easily be programmed then actual thinking.

It is FAR more easy to go from science -> management then from management -> science. A lot of high profile (At least here) managers started as civil engineers and worked their way to the top. Often with MBA or something similar.

If you got a real foundation of math, economy shouldn't be to hard to learn. And I've read somewhere that some cybernetics engineers started to work with economy, as many theories in process regulation can be converted to fit economical theories.

Besides science is so much more fun. I've studied management for a year, and I personally found it boring. Science on the other hand is really interesting. But again, this all rounds up to your interests. If you aren't really interessted in science, it can be a really hard program to follow. Mange students in my class fell of because of low motivation.

Then again, I'm not motivated by money, and I guess management will give you more easy money then science, but I actually have no clue in that area.

Edit:
And I'm not saying that managers cant thing. Or perhaps I am, but that wasn't my intent :P

Since I haven't studied either of them in any formal sense, I can only say I find science far more interesting.

Somehow, I am missing the point.

If you are not studying something that interests you, it will ultimately be the wrong path.

Bankers gave us the recession. Economists failed to see it (or anything else) coming. Scientists gave us pollution and global warming. My degree is in Archeology and Anthropology: if it all collapses, I'll go into business making flint axes

If you judged this post by your time spent on it and the money that yopu got paid for making it, my guess is that most things that class as employment would have paid better. So, why did you post?

Very very good reply! You have also got classes in economics! You know the first rule.

Bingo! The best subjects to study are the ones you enjoy most because they will qualify you for work that you enjoy doing (and when you enjoy the work you will likely be good at it). What's the point in being wealthy if you a fed up doing your well-paying job?

Couple of caveats: it's the subject itself you have to enjoy, not the teacher, and some subjects offer very little employment opportunities except, of course, in education -- and that can be very competitive in popular subjects.

One cannot know if he didnt try.
You have to eat an apple to know whether you like it or not.

Other example:
You have to do only one thing, become good at eat, do daily more of it, and you have chances to like it, if you become good at it. If you get a bad remark or bad judgment, it can block you for years, and soon you'll quit.

I have a feeling you are a bit disillusioned here. You'll actually make whole lot more money if you open a small business than if you go into banking or economics. Besides, banking and economics, although you might hear that you earn a lot of money and it's easy, I doubt this. I think if you make a mistake (or several), you can easily find yourself warming your frigid hands to a flaming garbage can.

I personally go for all of them. I go for science so that I know what's going on (at least the still rational part of science). I go for business management so that I can manage whatever business I might start. And, you should try to get a bit from every field, because they will all help you in the end. They'll help you know how to make money, how to manage your business, and what to do in your life that will keep you safe from harm. Know something about everything, you never know when some pieces might fit and help you survive.

I also disagree that you should do something that you like. You certainly should choose a job that you can stand and that makes money. But, I think I will choose a job that I can stand but do NOT like that much. I think the point of life is not to work. If your only purpose in life is to work, then I think that is ... sad ... I guess that's all I can say.

There is only one good reason to study anything; because you want to.

well a good work is a job that leaves you time for yourself, lot of free time, for you, your familly and the one you love, without thinking about it, your job. Less stressy job is a matter you organize your work and life, and you are doing what you like, according to your values. The point of earning money for a regular average working hour schedule, i.e. $, will give you a better life, healthier, and will ease it, sure.

But, what if I don't like this place, this zoo. What if I want to get away from it, because I can't stand it.

... yeah, then I have a problem.

Here's my MO..

Make money at work, do the science at home.

I don't care about corporations who need to discover new realities, I only care about those realities which remain undiscovered and/or have yet to progress to an understanding.

Economics/banking obviously. Lie, cheat and steal, and if you make a mistake, the tax payer bails you out. Why produce anything when you can leech off others?