Word: ec
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ec A is perhaps as satisfactory a course in Robinson Crusoc economics as can be found. If furnishes that whole set of "tools of analysis," of sweeping assumptions and jargon, which the student will find indispensable ballast as he goes on in economics. The non-concentrators, however--and by requirement of the Division they are numerous in the course--are left with their tools in mid-air, without the slightest hope of ever touching the ground of reality. To carry out its dual function with justice to all, Ec A could profitably use more case material, and risk an occasional...
This must sound ludicrous to any one who has had a taste of economic theory at Harvard. Nobody has yet gained a clearer judgment of New Deal Economics from the graphs and curves and trends of Ec A or 1. The reason is that economic theory, when isolated from the forces that condition it, remains litle more than abstract quibbling for its own sake. The Harvard Department's "vacuum" approach to theory is, at best, a mental discipline, and as such much inferior to mathematics...
...always welcome, even at a white tie and orchid affair. Last week at Winthrop, a lot of the fun was due purely to the fact that three was a nice domestic atmosphere, what with everybody coming up to request We Three and ask the lead alto for his Ec 61 notes. Well, maybe I'm all wet, but those are the kind of dances I like, and I hope we have more of them...
...neglected Ec. text caught his eye, (Ec. 51a, 1hf, Tues., Thurs., Sat., at 10.) O well, no understanding professor would expect a red-blooded Vag to respond to the charms of Malthus on a big day like this. Besides, he probably wasn't missed. He was sure he would have added nothing to Malthus's wisdom; not quite so sure his prof. was "understanding." Enough of that, this waiting was giving him the jitters...
...Ec-Stacy (Jess Stacy: Commodore...