loquasagacious
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1time4theppl:
I labelled political economy as a marxist course because Rick Kuhn (the head of the Socialist Alternative at the ANU) took B. Ecc at USYD majoring in politocal economy. And because the content of political economy is studied under Poltics at the ANU in subjects run by Rick like Money Power War, courses which are all well known for their marxism. If anything you reinforce my assumption by stating that it uses marxism as a critique of other systems. And keynsian economics arn't in macro?
Yes first year micro+macro makes many assumptions and holds all bar one variable constant. As you progress through an economics major (eg MM every year) less and less is held constant, less and less assumptions are made.
A report on employment by your uni is by definition biased and may not be representative of broader trends.
I stated that Comm Liberal Studies was a watering down IF the minimum number of commerce/eco units required was LESS than the minimum for a straight Comm degree. You have yet to clarify this.
I have not impugned your mental capabilities, you however do. Your feeble arts mind has failed at basic comprehention. I said that it seemed that you struggled in maths courses. I BASED this on, you not tutoring (eg in the list of cheap tutoring, you do not tutor any maths) and your SEEMING favouring of arts over maths. This became relevant because you seemed to strongly advocate arts over maths and because your transfering tied in nicely with the articles underlying theme of do what you want at uni don't think about a career.
I assumed that econometrics was not required for marketing as it is typically only required of students doing a B. Ecc. or Actuarial studies. Being required as part of or a complement to an economics major or as a lead in subject in actuarial studies. Hence my assumption was perfectly valid, no where else have I heard of econometrics in marketing.
You suggest that economics is not an incredibly broad degree, it is. Micro+macro are very broad topic areas providing those who study them with powerful analytical tools. The whole idea of an economics degree is to do three things: provide analytical tools (and the reasons they work), create a broad knowledge of the economy AND its role in society and finally to provide avenue for specialisation. Those who do 'straight' economics typically take a major from outside the faculty to further complement economics and broaden their knowledge. Eco/Comm is probably the second most flexible and broadest degree you can study (after BA).
I labelled political economy as a marxist course because Rick Kuhn (the head of the Socialist Alternative at the ANU) took B. Ecc at USYD majoring in politocal economy. And because the content of political economy is studied under Poltics at the ANU in subjects run by Rick like Money Power War, courses which are all well known for their marxism. If anything you reinforce my assumption by stating that it uses marxism as a critique of other systems. And keynsian economics arn't in macro?
Yes first year micro+macro makes many assumptions and holds all bar one variable constant. As you progress through an economics major (eg MM every year) less and less is held constant, less and less assumptions are made.
A report on employment by your uni is by definition biased and may not be representative of broader trends.
I stated that Comm Liberal Studies was a watering down IF the minimum number of commerce/eco units required was LESS than the minimum for a straight Comm degree. You have yet to clarify this.
I have not impugned your mental capabilities, you however do. Your feeble arts mind has failed at basic comprehention. I said that it seemed that you struggled in maths courses. I BASED this on, you not tutoring (eg in the list of cheap tutoring, you do not tutor any maths) and your SEEMING favouring of arts over maths. This became relevant because you seemed to strongly advocate arts over maths and because your transfering tied in nicely with the articles underlying theme of do what you want at uni don't think about a career.
I assumed that econometrics was not required for marketing as it is typically only required of students doing a B. Ecc. or Actuarial studies. Being required as part of or a complement to an economics major or as a lead in subject in actuarial studies. Hence my assumption was perfectly valid, no where else have I heard of econometrics in marketing.
You suggest that economics is not an incredibly broad degree, it is. Micro+macro are very broad topic areas providing those who study them with powerful analytical tools. The whole idea of an economics degree is to do three things: provide analytical tools (and the reasons they work), create a broad knowledge of the economy AND its role in society and finally to provide avenue for specialisation. Those who do 'straight' economics typically take a major from outside the faculty to further complement economics and broaden their knowledge. Eco/Comm is probably the second most flexible and broadest degree you can study (after BA).
