There are many reasons why student Skylar Yerdon chose to study economics. His mother was a major herself. Through her, he saw how inspiring the field could be. “I connected with economics because it seemed to me to be the intersection of business, math, psychology, sociology, and anthropology, all of which are subjects that I am passionate about and/or skilled in,” Yerdon says. And through the success stories of graduates, he saw its great retu…