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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.

Prerequisites: Economics 10A.

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Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
These majors only econ ecacc ecmth
Lanny Ebenstein
3.1
33 reviews
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ECON 107B Ebenstein A O Spring 2025 Total: 117
ECON 107B Ebenstein A O Spring 2024 Total: 114
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107B . 6 Months Ago

Attendance/Quizzes 40%, Mid-Term 15%, Paper 25%, Final 20%. Daily reading assignments (8-15 pages). 4-question true/false pop quiz once a week based on the reading. 10-page essay. In-class midterm consisted of 7 multiple-choice and 3 essay questions. Final was take-home. Overall, the material is easy, but grading is harsh.

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107B . 6 Months Ago

Can't say enough bad things. Just don't take his class. Mandatory attendance, only one absence allowed. Horrible, boring, irrelevant lectures. No guidance for the paper. I wanted to like this class but I hated every second of it.

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107B . 2 Years Ago

All his classes follow the same structure There are 4 aspects to grading 1 Attendance 2 Quizzes are random & sometimes announced - they are 4 questions MC and T/F always based on the daily read 3 Write-Ups based on the lecture material 4 Research papers 2500-3000 words 7 sources. Go to class, take notes and read. Amazing Prof and easy A if you try.

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ECON107B . 3 Years Ago

The professor could do better in making the class interesting: His lectures are somewhat disorganized, and the lack of ppt presentation made it hard to review key material. The worst part of this course is the TA, who grade everything. My TA always procrastinated and lack the skills needed to grade the write-ups properly. Don't take the course.

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107B . 5 Years Ago

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 book is very accessible to those that do not read many econ books. Can sometimes be disorganized, but who isn't during the 'rona? Great for non-mathy econ peeps

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ECON107B . 5 Years Ago

Ebenstein is the most boring lecturer I've ever had to listen to. He just rambles for an hour straight with no structure to his lectures. To make it worse, his lectures have nothing to do with the 2200 word research essayS we have to write for him. He just makes us tune in to indoctrinate us with his unfounded beliefs about random stuf. Don't take.

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