Economics Applied?

[JustAQuestion]

So what can someone who has been reading about economics do with the knowledge? I ask this because I took an economics class for a semester a year ago and now I'm reading a book about economics. So I'm remembering all of the terms and how it works and learning more as well.

But, basically all I'm learning is how economists look at and interpret things... But my question is, is there any way to apply any of the concepts I've learned or is this just a glimpse and I'd have to go to school for 4 years first before I could apply economics in a practical sense?

For example... If I read a book about engine repair, I can run to the garage and open up my hood and start applying the knowledge. How so with economics? Thanks.

[Andrew G]

Go work for the World Bank or IMF and think of better ways of fixing up (or more likely messing up) poor countries' economies.

[bvgopinath2001]

Unfortunately economics studies application of wealth without studying nature, composition, properties, laws and classification of wealth. Economics itself is an applied science without basics. If you want to be perfect, start studying wealth the way chemists study matter.