Economics is a nice solid degree

I've posted about the benefits before on this forum. You can take it in so many directions from finance to analyst positions at consulting firms. You could even take it into the sports realted fields because students who study economics are ususally pretty good at data analysis. Also after a year or two after working in the corporate world (with a good firm) you can apply for MBA, Law, Policy or other graduate programs. Economics is not just about teaching. I know some that have taken their Economics background into Bio Statistics and Environmental studies.
What you really need to do is actually find out what kind of jobs exist in the world

Mills College MBA Program Open House tonight

The faculty, alumnae, and students of the Mills College MBA Program invite you to join us for refreshments and information from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. this evening (Wed., Oct. 30) at the MBA wing of the Old Children's School Building, on our enclosed, park-like campus in Oakland.
The MBA program offers options for mid-career professionals, for recent graduates, and for those re-entering the workforce after a career interruption. Applicants with significant college coursework in business and economics can complete the program in as little as one year. Mills' low student-faculty ratio means small classes and individualized instruction by our distinguished faculty, composed of MBAs and PhDs from U

This IS taught in school!

1. First, in math class.
2. Second, in social studies (it's part of the CA standards in one of the grades, I think)
3. Third, in Economics (required of all CA seniors to graduate).
After that - if the kids don't learn it, who's responsible?
1. Their parents, for not making them study.
2. Their parents, for being bad role models.
3. The kids, for not studying it.
4. The kids, for hoping that becoming a rap- or reality-television-star will solve all their money woes. Really. This is what they think will happen to them

Http://www.mills.edu/mba/

So that after 4 years, you don't decide that you hate your major and you don't want to work in that field.
majors that i think are NOT practical (at least in my opinion) are ones that are so focused that you aren't left with many options when you graduate (i.e. Celtic Studies, Latin, History, Dance, Geography, etc...) - unless you're absolutely sure you want to work in that field that is.
i think majors like business, communications, biology, economics, etc. are probably solid choices.
you don't have to really select your major until junior year, so don't stress out too much