It reminds me of one of my professors, actually also in economics. He would grade in a similar way. Basically he had some very extreme views, based on terribly

It reminds me of one of my professors, actually also in economics. He would grade in a similar way. Basically he had some very extreme views, based on terribly simplified economic models, and would want you paraphrasing what he said, ideally quoting. The closer you could match his wording and extreme views the better you scored.