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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.
by 333c 7y ago
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.
- WalterBright 7y agoMy 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.
- notfromhere 7y agoThat'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
- 333c 7y agoThe 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.