I really like Lanny. If you go to his office hours and make an effort you will get an A. There is one essay, midterm and final, and in-class quizzes. The content is not hard if you study and the quiz questions are super obvious if you do the reading. Easy upper div elective, but you MUST go to class. He just cares about effort.

Lectures are difficult to follow and Paper grading is confusing. Make sure you discuss immediately after class if you have any issue, for he might not email back if after a follow-up. This is a philosophy course instead of an economics-related. Kinda disappointed after taking this course after seeing other comments.

He is mostly interested in historical style essays more than analytical. Attendance was 50% of your grade

Ebensteins classes all follow a very specific and predictable pattern and getting an A in one is as easy as memorizing the following: do the readings and go to class. Doing those 2 things will give you ALL the information you need to do every write up (3 in the whole course) and give you so many paper topic ideas (2 in the course.). Great professor

foo is mad boring

Ebenstein is a great guy and really cares about what he teaches. He'll often touch on current events and isn't afraid to give his opinion, while acknowledging that others may feel differently. I have definitely taken a lot more from this class than others.