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John Asker
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Fall 2020 - This class is about cartels and mergers and Professor Asker has done a lot of interesting research. Unless you are serious about working in this field, I wouldn't take this class. Although it is interesting, this class has a huge workload. He expects way too much from undergraduate students. All of his assignments are extremely vague and he expects you to figure it out on your own. The TA's are instructed to not give away any information so they are also very vague when you go to them for help. In addition, he is very strict on students not collaborating. The level of difficulty of these assignments is ridiculous and they should honestly be group projects if anything. I think the professor forgot what type of knowledge undergrads have and is treating us like Ph.D. students who have the ability to solve problems with no data given to really think outside of the box. He wants to challenge us and show us what it is like in the real world, but someone has to teach us how to do that first. It is ridiculous. Stay away unless you want to be challenged and stressed all quarter. I took this class because I thought it might be nice to have assignments instead of tests, but I'd much rather be in a normal econ elective.
Fall 2020 - This class is about cartels and mergers and Professor Asker has done a lot of interesting research. Unless you are serious about working in this field, I wouldn't take this class. Although it is interesting, this class has a huge workload. He expects way too much from undergraduate students. All of his assignments are extremely vague and he expects you to figure it out on your own. The TA's are instructed to not give away any information so they are also very vague when you go to them for help. In addition, he is very strict on students not collaborating. The level of difficulty of these assignments is ridiculous and they should honestly be group projects if anything. I think the professor forgot what type of knowledge undergrads have and is treating us like Ph.D. students who have the ability to solve problems with no data given to really think outside of the box. He wants to challenge us and show us what it is like in the real world, but someone has to teach us how to do that first. It is ridiculous. Stay away unless you want to be challenged and stressed all quarter. I took this class because I thought it might be nice to have assignments instead of tests, but I'd much rather be in a normal econ elective.
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