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...Apart from that, Shleifer is a heavyweight in the world of behavioral finance and much of said portion of the class can be traced directly back to his research. While Laibson’s half of the course is arguably a longer, albeit, more in depth, version of his Ec 10 lecture, its real value emerges in the question and answer sessions. These can often last as long as half of the class time and Laibson does an impressive job of intelligently and intuitively answering every question while maintaining the attention of students. Laibson is surprisingly accessible to students...
...pushing around those damn carbon atoms,” it is almost universally loathed. Others complain about the number of intro level science courses that the concentration requires. But hey—you have to see the opportunity in taking freshman-dominated courses for not one but three years. Ec 10 and Life Science 1a, anyone...
Apparently, someone figured out that sitting through a 700-person Ec 10 lecture didn’t cut it for personal attention, so this year’s course catalogue devotes 26 pages to 130 frosh-only classes, including 56 brand new ones. Considered a must-have by many eager first-years, the most popular of these seminars, such as Professor David H. Hubel’s “The Neurophysiology of Visual Perception,” can draw over 100 applications for one of their coveted spots. But fear not, young Skywalker. Most of the others don?...
...into your adult life—for concentrating in the History of Art and Architecture. (Start thinking now about how you’re going to answer the question, “So what are you going to do with your life?”) But ignore all those Ec majors and pre-meds—you’ve made a supremely wise decision, even you made it because you don’t know what the hell else to study. Because while they spend hundreds of hours a semester in the unflattering fluorescent lights...
...Fuck.Turn that frown upside down, dear reader. Social Analysis isn’t the sexiest of Core categories, but it ain’t the dreariest either. (Hello, Moral Reasoning.) Besides, many of you won’t have to worry about it to begin with. Social Analysis 10 = Ec 10 = Harvard’s most popular freshman class. For those who foresee a high-flying life in finance—or for those who have no idea what they want to do with their lives and hey, economics could be interesting, right? right?—this...