It is the mission of the Economics Department of Lingnan University to offer courses of an applied nature that will enable students to better understand current affairs and policy matters, so they can assess the impact of government policy, and that of demographic, technological, and social changes on businesses and the daily lives of people, and can contribute to policy debate intelligently. It is our vision to build up sufficient international recognition for scholarship and service to Hong Kong and the rest of the world that we will be well known as for our application of to public policy, much like Chicago school is well known for its free market economics.