Economic thought from Karl Marx to the present, with emphasis on public policy, institutions, and historical circumstances. In addition to Marx economists who are emphasized include John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman. Features discussions of capitalism, socialism, and communism and student presentations. Other foci include the Great Depression and economic policy and thought in the Reagan administration to the present.
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Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNone
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeWorst teacher ever. Tough grader, extremely unorganized
dude just rambles for the entire class. 500 word papers once a week, and weakly pop quizzes to check for attendance. if you have to take his class don't worry, but if you can avoid him then you SHOULD.
He's a chill prof, accessible after the lecture if you want to discuss with him. Weekly 2 page paper and two-term papers so the workload is not terrible. Lot's of interesting ideas and his chicagonomics book is very accessible to those that do not read many econ books. Can sometimes be disorganized, but who isn't during the 'rona?
this professor is so hard. do not take. Really hard.
His "Economic Thought" class is really interesting. There's a decidely libertarian bent to the class, but it's centered around primary sources, so it's not pervasive. The class has two midterms, a term paper, and a final, and it's paced in a way that isn't rushed. It's best when there's a lot of discussion in the class. He's a visiting professor.
Cheng-Zhong Qin
2.6
Yueyuan Ma
2.0