Economic thinking is all about making difficult choices. Critical economic thinking is all about being aware of how you think about economic issues so that you can make the best decisions possible. All of us engage in economic thinking whether it is shopping for ourselves, making business decisions that affect our fellow workers, or deciding on government policies that affect the entire nation. Of course such decision making is not done solely from an economic perspective. Shopping decisions are affected by a variety of cultural influences. Many business decisions such as in the area of marketing or human relations are based on applied psychology. And, of course, government.
