Economists today study topics that are so varied that to describe the field in terms of a set of questions of inquiry (e.g., "What to produce?", "How to produce?", and "For whom to produce?") is too limiting. Broadly, in economics, we are interested in analyzing individuals' choices, their interactions, and the resulting outcomes within social, economic and political institutions. What is critical to this analysis is the use of the economic method to make well reasoned arguments. As J.M. Keynes wrote in 1922, ‘The Theory of Economics does not furnish a body of settled conclusions immediately applicable to policy. It is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique of thinking, which helps its possessor to draw correct conclusions.’ The Economics Major at Yale-NUS is designed to develop students' critical thinking skills as well as equip them with analytical tools that will enable them to participate effectively in an increasingly global world. ”