Thanks for the links goodtyneguy. I glanced over them and will look at them more in depth, but the pictured I got from those people is that they treat economics in more of an old school philosophical way instead of the "new" mathematical dynamic optimization way. I love mathematics and I think we have more math professors, stats professors and engineering professors teaching us than economics professors, but I think the philosophical point of view is much more practical and even better at analyzing the economy. At the masters degree level there is no more economics, only maths and stats.
This is only what I have seen at my school though. It looks like we are being raised to become mainly quants. Other schools may have different approaches and goals.
Edit: Didn't mean to derail the thread. I'll focus my posts on stage analysis.
