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I'm taking an economics course this semester. It's Econ 110. The professor gave us a supplementary book to read along with the textbook. It's called, "How an Economy Grows and Crashes". The introduction is basically just 12 pages of the author bashing Keynesian economics and going on a rant about spending your way to prosperity.
A curious observation emerged before me as well.
Flagrant "liberal indoctrination" in our colleges and universities, the indoctrination that conservatives assert to be the reason why kids today aren't going for conservatism, yeah that, is all the way absent from this class. I had an idea by the way my professor lectured that he disapproves of old John Maynard Keynes, but reading the intro in this supplementary book just confirmed it.
Should be a fun semester as I divulge more of my personal opinions during in-class discussions.
I suspect the professor's motive may be to provoke thought. Keynes theories were from the 30's depression and before large scale centralized banking. Hell, we were still on the gold standard.
If I were you, I'd run an intelligence OP and find out what the professor wrote his doctoral or masters thesis on. It may be Googleable, or you can be sneaky and dig through local information like his introduction when he was hired.
You have to know your "judge" and how he views the world to get top grades. People naturally like people who think like they do. It's all a game about knowledge you will learn from, but will never use! Do be careful with your own opinions. Your job is to get top grades. After you leave college, no one will ask you anything about economics again. (Unless you become an economist or a economic professor...LOL).