Professor Crouch is the greatest teacher of all time. His lectures were amazing. Anything and everything you needed to learn from this classes comes from his lectures, calling on students randomly during class, and his reader! I've been out of school for almost two decades and I still appreciate him to this day. Thank you for being my teacher.

Crouch is a total Badass. He tells the class to take "30 second breaks", then takes a two second swig of his coffee/vodka and continues lecturing. I saw him make not one, but two girls cry by calling them out in front of the class. Ceteris Paribus, he is the best prof at UCSB. Take him if you think you can handle his awesomeness.

As far as UCSB goes, taking Econ 1 with Crouch is a RIGHT OF PASSAGE as an Econ student. I've met UCSB alumi from the 60s, 70s, & 80s and they all had Crouch for Econ 1. In Economics, he is truly a member of the old-guard and it's reflected in his awesome historical examples. If Hogwarts had an Economics department, he's be the head professor.

I saw him at OTT at 9am on a Wednesday.. I'm pretty sure he drinks vodka in class too. worth the UCSB experience simpiliy for the stories.

One of the best lectures ever. However tests were of great difficulty. Made going to class very interesting. One of the best.

Crouch ruined econ for me! The tests were unfair and ridiculous. I could barely understand what he was saying. His writing is worse than doctor's writing! I do not recommend!!!