Christopher Bennett, B.S. 2001

2001 Major: Economics

How has being an Economics graduate from Duke helped shape you personally and/or professionally?

"I use microeconomics every day evaluating and managing real estate and corporate investments. It provides the basic building blocks for analytical and critical thinking skills. Macroeconomics remains an evolving, flawed, dismal science. However studies in this area help me better understand the real world and macroeconomy."

What advice would you give students in Duke's Economics programs? 

"Do not worry that you can not take pre-business classes (although the one corporate finance class was excellent). Focus on mastering the Economics offerings to give you a wide breadth of mathematical, analytical, and critical thinking skills. Take advantage of your liberal arts education and learn to write effectively and persuasively, which abilities students focused solely on finance for their undergraduate education typically lack."