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Michael Darby
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Mr. Darby is a nice enough guy. However, he's not a naturally gifted teacher, and really puts the onus on students--and his TA, Jeonsik--to teach the material. Many TA sessions saw the entire class (65 people) showing up, because we had absolutely no idea how to apply the concepts from class. The book rambles, and the problems aren't analogous to what Darby's exam questions look like. Get the Schaum's "Managerial Economics" paperback book from a bookstore ($10) or local library, and things will start to make more sense (if you're not an econ major). It's no surprise that Darby, being a Chicago PhD, is a hard-core free-markets kind of guy. Be prepared to hear the virtues of monopolies touted and the waste of government programs loathed. In keeping with this philosophy, he was a Bush I appointee to NBER. Upside: the mini-cases he makes people present are a great way to apply economics to current-day situations.
Mr. Darby is a nice enough guy. However, he's not a naturally gifted teacher, and really puts the onus on students--and his TA, Jeonsik--to teach the material. Many TA sessions saw the entire class (65 people) showing up, because we had absolutely no idea how to apply the concepts from class. The book rambles, and the problems aren't analogous to what Darby's exam questions look like. Get the Schaum's "Managerial Economics" paperback book from a bookstore ($10) or local library, and things will start to make more sense (if you're not an econ major). It's no surprise that Darby, being a Chicago PhD, is a hard-core free-markets kind of guy. Be prepared to hear the virtues of monopolies touted and the waste of government programs loathed. In keeping with this philosophy, he was a Bush I appointee to NBER. Upside: the mini-cases he makes people present are a great way to apply economics to current-day situations.
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