People who have an interest in further learning about human economic behavior may be good candidates for an Economic Anthropology program. Such programs study the ways in which people produce, circulate, and consume objects.

The PhD is a doctoral degree, specifically called a "doctor of philosophy" degree. This is misleading because PhD holders are not necessarily philosophers (unless they earned their degree in philosophy!). That said, PhD recipients are able to engage in thought experiments, reason about problems, and solve problems in sophisticated ways.