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Nov 27, 2021
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WP17
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understood, and yes- the phrasing I use here is referring specifically to heterodox economic teaching
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At Thanksgiving dinner, my lil bro brought up this fun fact about U of U.
Mostlyaccurate
11/26/21 7:24pm
Completely unsurprising. Same reason there are more tattoos per capita in Utah
Iman23
11/26/21 7:26pm
What do tattoos have to do with Marxism?
ColonelMustard
11/26/21 9:26pm
The need to differentiate oneself.
shamc
11/26/21 9:46pm
I hadn't considered that before. If you want to be an econ major, do you need
Mister P
11/26/21 7:28pm
Idk, I guess you just choose a school you align with or if you don't care then
Mostlyaccurate
11/26/21 7:33pm
If you do Econ in Utah, BYU is the best option. Then I’d say USU.
TerpCoug
11/26/21 7:35pm
USU ranks higher.
Oatmeal
11/26/21 8:28pm
Lol, USU isn’t 3rd in anything. That site is wack
WP17
11/26/21 8:35pm
Business Econ isn’t Econ. And for undergrad, BYU has en elite program.
TerpCoug
11/26/21 9:18pm
NYU grad after BYU Econ here
NYC and Japan
11/26/21 9:41pm
Ok let me be more precise: business Econ and Econ may not focus on the same
TerpCoug
11/26/21 10:00pm
I am confused what this has to do with anything
WP17
11/27/21 9:19am
Just agreeing with the comment in the body of the text that BYU Econ is good for
NYC and Japan
11/27/21 1:01pm
Okay, that makes sense. Then the response to you just doesn’t make sense
WP17
11/27/21 1:09pm
I credit Marxist teachings in HS and college to my appreciation of capitalism
jrifkin48
11/26/21 7:52pm
You can tell from the course desc whether you're getting quant or philosophy
BYU'01
11/26/21 9:09pm
I have coworkers who studied at Utah in Econ. I always call them Comrade.
TerpCoug
11/26/21 7:34pm
Isn't a lot of Marxists economic view demonstrabley false? I mean are they still
shamc
11/26/21 7:38pm
It just hasn’t been implemented correctly…or something.
Jstak17
11/26/21 7:40pm
Communism
D.T. Survivor
11/27/21 6:52pm
This is true
DazeofBlue
11/26/21 7:36pm
Wish we never donated that school to them
Dr MoBYU
11/26/21 7:41pm
Figures
Lifi
11/26/21 7:41pm
They have a Cry Closet, drop trou in their own concourse, and think Majerus was
Abe Froman
11/26/21 8:03pm
I majored in Econ at West Point and my professors made fun of them for this reason.
WP17
11/26/21 8:26pm
Can confirm
dixieutahbyuzag
11/26/21 8:27pm
Sounds about right. No one who knows Econ does a masters before PhD.
WP17
11/26/21 8:30pm
I can confirm this. My buddy got his econ Masters from the U and bought in
Big McLargeHuge
11/26/21 8:35pm
So they teach a system of Econ that has proven ineffective time and time again?
D.T. Survivor
11/26/21 8:46pm
Also, the U’s Econ program skips the calculus part of Econ. Anyone who has an
tyrwhite
11/26/21 8:59pm
Econ is more Linear Algebra (the Matrix/ matrices) than calculus.
NYC and Japan
11/26/21 9:47pm
Why would they need to train economists if they're just going to turn it over to
BYUBandfan
11/26/21 9:48pm
I'm a product of the U's Econ Dept, 2005 to 2007.
Cachanilla83
11/26/21 9:48pm
Today, leftist is Marxist, no?
CougsWin16
11/26/21 9:58pm
With Bernie’s popularity, it seems to be heading that way.
Breaded Hamster
11/26/21 10:04pm
I am a liberal - and far from Marxist - so absolutely NO.
Cswilliam01
11/27/21 6:44am
No. 'Marxist' doesn't actually mean anything. It's a term for leftist boogeymen
Hotlanta
11/27/21 6:57am
Bernie has said many times that he is a socialist
D.T. Survivor
11/27/21 8:47am
RE: Bernie has said many times that he is a socialist
Hotlanta
11/27/21 9:07am
RE: Bernie has said many times that he is a socialist
D.T. Survivor
11/27/21 9:16am
You must be really young to have such conviction that you know so much, in particular what everyone should think and
No touching
11/27/21 9:33am
People shouldn't be racist. What, do you want me to be sorry about that?
Hotlanta
11/27/21 1:12pm
Anyone who is ok with Racism Is not right in the head… but what the media and
Pretorian
11/27/21 5:43pm
Hotlanta - check your capitalization
NYC and Japan
11/27/21 1:11pm
Cough cough, virtuesignaling.
shamc
11/27/21 1:32pm
Probably worded that poorly
NYC and Japan
11/27/21 2:15pm
You’d think a leftist would know how to use pronouns properly 🙂
D.T. Survivor
11/27/21 6:54pm
Honest question…
Pretorian
11/26/21 10:20pm
Marxist. Leftists. Potato. Potatoe.
UNLVcougar
11/26/21 11:58pm
Chihuaha. Orca. Both mammals.
vagabonder
11/27/21 7:47am
Utah has a mostly deserved reputation for being amongst the most marxist dept.
YSMACK
11/27/21 12:01am
Cheap shot - many liberal theories are far from Marxism.
Cswilliam01
11/26/21 10:47pm
The post was about how other Econ Dept’s view the school
BYU '80
11/26/21 10:51pm
The post was anecdotal - the well poisoning politics that does not infect
Cswilliam01
11/27/21 6:36am
To be fair, your post was less than anecdotal.
DirtyWater
11/27/21 6:53am
Yeah. My profs at West Point knew about the U’s “heterodox” Econ dept so it’s not some random anecdote.
WP17
11/27/21 6:46am
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cvd6262
11/27/21 8:57am
understood, and yes- the phrasing I use here is referring specifically to heterodox economic teaching
WP17
11/27/21 9:00am
^^^graduated from Utahs Econ program and couldn’t get accepted anywhere for a
UNLVcougar
11/26/21 11:59pm
You criticized using labels by using more labels
BYU'01
11/27/21 8:50am
Lack of transparency is the higgestnn by problem woth healthcare. Thankfully
BYU '80
11/27/21 9:01am
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