Word: ec
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only the additional cost of grading, a hurdle which should not prove insurmountable to economists conversant with Keynesian rabbit-out-of-the-hat economics, has been advanced against the proposal. Few students in Ec 41 have failed to feel that the experience of a dress rehearsal for the Senior thesis was worth while. Their sole complaint has been that the extra work was an unfair burden to impose on only part of the Juniors busy with review for divisionals. And there is the further gain that under the proposed plan not even sine cum laude candidates can slip...
...Ec holds a narrow margin of two students over Gov, which has 82, but both have dropped from 90 and 92 respectively. History has lost even more ground, taking fourth place with 72 against 88 last year...
When the assorted deans and registrars settled down to the long task of counting up the concentration figures this week they looked forward to a close race for first place among the Big Three, Ec, Gov, and History, undisputed preference of undergraduates for the past decade. It was a surprised little group yesterday when they counted up the totals and found that that faded favorite of fifteen years ago, that dark horse among the fields, English, had led the pack for the first time since...
Came rumors of an impending crash; then it hit. Undergraduates began to wonder what all this finance business was, anyhow, and the rush to economics began. Last year, with nations preparing to jump at each other's throats, Government passed Ec to take the lead...
Chamberlin was well liked in Ec. 1a on Economic Theory, although some felt the class discussion was confined too much to the reading. One of the few courses on non-capitalist economic activity is Sweezy's course on Socialism, (Ec. 11b.) He stresses Marxian theories and, in the latter part of the course, touches on Socialist thinkers. Most students liked the lectures and thought the material well organized, particularly in view of the scarcity, of Socialist literature in translation. Some thought the course should be extended from a half to a full year. Economic History from 1750 to 1914 (Ec...