You need to think about what you really want to do that's interesting to you and useful to others. Does that mean economic research and coming up with new theories? Advising businesses and governments? Writing? If any of these draws you in enough to spend a lot of time focusing on it, start now. Read everything you can and find out who gets attention in that area. Start to get a feel for what's happening and what the big problems are.
Then do something - if you're well-informed and intelligent that's enough to start writing your ideas in a blog (a lot of people do it without either of these qualities). Write about current events, write reponses to articles and blog posts by people who are well-known and respected, comment on bigger blogs, write directly to well-known people to ask them questions or comment on something they said (as long as you're not wasting their time with things you could find out on your own you're more likely to get a response than you think)... you don't have to be "nobody" if you have a reason to believe otherwise.
By doing this you can get a much better idea of what's waiting for you and perhaps make a few connections with others. If you're interested in finance and economics, the sooner you can become a part of that world (in any way), the better.  |