A plan to change how Harvard teaches economics

Re:A plan to change how Harvard teaches economics by 333c on Thursday June 13, 2019 @02:56AM (#20172399)

Good comparison. This is how I felt when I took ECON 101. Though I was fascinated with the concepts, they felt so far from reality as to be effectively useless.

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Re:A plan to change how Harvard teaches economics by notfromhere on Thursday June 13, 2019 @11:02AM (#20175534)

That's what ECON 101 is, you need to get deeper into the curriculum. It's like complaining intro to algebra didn't teach you differential equations

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Re:A plan to change how Harvard teaches economics by 333c on Thursday June 13, 2019 @01:38PM (#20177030)

The problem was that this stance was used to justify claims like "the free market allocates resources in the most efficient way" and "all taxes incur a deadweight loss" which are big statements to make based on such basic coursework. If the class is going to make claims like these, it needs to start with realistic assumptions.

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Re:A plan to change how Harvard teaches economics by WalterBright on Thursday June 13, 2019 @03:40AM (#20172561)

My economics professor stated in lecture that he believed in the free enterprise system and the equal distribution of all income.

I avoided taking any more econ classes. Dismal science, indeed.

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