Beginning Econ at UChicago?

uchicagoalum
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:29:40 +0000

There is zero ideology in the classroom in the top 10 or so departments. All adhere to the neoclassical line via the same textbooks, which leads to a cold, scientific feel. That is, no one is going to be giving you moral lectures about the virtues of free exchange or conversely government intervention. This lack of a moral / policy discourse does turn some students off to the field.