Studying Economics at Cambridge

Stay tuned to hear Dr Cristiano Ristuccia, share everything you need to know about studying Economics at Cambridge. We’ve recorded another podcast on what it’s like to study Economics at Cambridge with one of our students, Nikolai — which you can find below:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd_yt9Lz4dMA full list of discussion points can be found below.00:00 Introductions00:40 What kind of student would enjoy studying Economics at Cambridge?01:45 How to choose between Human, Social and Political Sciences, Economics, and History & Economics02:50 The course structure for Economics08:40 What are Microeconomics and Macroeconomics?11:30 How are economists taught?17:20 How Economics is not an objective science18:30 The differences between Economics and Maths21:00 Is Economics a science?27:45 What makes a good economist?50:10 How can you study History and Politics within the Cambridge Economics course?01:00:00 What makes a strong applicant for Economics at Cambridge?Dr Ristuccia is a University Senior Research Associate in Applied Economics. He works on production technology and economic growth during the 20th century, with particular reference to the inter-war period and the Second World War. His focus is comparative and covers industrial development in the US, Japan, the UK, Germany, France and Italy. His teaching focuses on Germany and on international financial instability in the inter-war period, and on the economics of dictatorships. https://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-cristiano-ristuccia/