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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.
Economies were growing and crashing long before Keynes was born! :lol: In fact, prior to the onset of the global implementation of Keynesian policy... economic downturns were both deeper and longer, while financial panics were a once in a decade event.
Should be a fun semester as I divulge more of my personal opinions during in-class discussions.
When i took my first upper level economics course, i was very pro-Austrian/anarcho-capitalist, and very outspoken. That professor, who was a staunch New Keynesian, literally rebuked and debunked every single argument we see spewing from the right. I mean, i threw everything at him, and he would destroy those arguments with such precision. That professor, whose name shall remain anon, changed my life. I took every remaining econ/finance course i had with him my last year... and it was extremely difficult. Everything was math intensive, the grading scale was set on a normalized distribution of the class, etc....
Not to say the same thing will occur with your experience, but opposing viewpoints invoke thought.