Politics

[brendan]

Economics degrees and political careers: http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2006/12/economist-politicians.html

"My second thought is that if I were a young person planning a political career, I would not start by becoming a professional economist. An undergraduate degree in economics is ideal, as it teaches a lot about the fundamentals of public policy, but an aspiring politician would find it unnecessarily costly to spend the 5 or 6 additional years typically necessary for a PhD. A law degree is much easier. It is also more diversifying as an educational experience once one has studied econ in college for four years. The same is true of an MBA or a master's in public policy. The specialized technical and research skills taught in econ grad school are not needed, or even particularly helpful, for a successful political career."

Law degrees and political careers: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s1411352.htm

[Collin Li]

Maybe I should have done Commerce/Law :O (nah, don't think I wanna be a politician)

Do you have any information about the composition of the Australian House of Representatives and their degrees?