He's very smart and analyzes every day, real-life economic and geopolitical events in a helpful way.

Prof. Rupert is super knowledgable and his lectures are pretty interesting. He often talks about current events which I think is really helpful for understanding the current economic climate. His tests are all MCQ and based off of material covered in lecture and homework assignments.

Pretty good professor. He definitely knows a lot... but is also blind to some things. If you put in some effort you can get a good grade.

Prof Rupert was an interesting lecturer. Took him in spring and only had a few 5-question homework assignments. Midterms and final were all MC and had small logic puzzles (hard to describe) based on the content so it was an unintuitive way of testing for an Econ class. Included random links in his slides he didn't test on. He also used non PC terms

I don't understand the hatred directed at this professor. I would say that he was the least problematic and difficult Economics professor I've had at UCSB. All the materials are simple and easy to understand. I ended up with a B because I didn't attend the lectures or prepare for the midterms, but that also proves that this isn't a hard class.

A student's dad recently passed and the professor provided zero accommodations for their upcoming final. Do I need to say more about the type of professor and person he is?