Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction. Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students. Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records. Economists prepare reports, tables, and charts. Economists conduct research, prepare reports, and evaluate issues related to monetary and fiscal policy. They also may collect and analyze statistical data. Teach courses in economics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research. On the job, you would: Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as econometrics, price theory, and macroeconomics.