[Bruce Wang]

[quote author=Publius link=topic=10394.msg94768#msg94768 date=1408550886]
Instead of fictional characters you could have used Beria and Gus Hall.  I would also have suggested the openly Marxist (seriously) Stanford econ professor that taught Econ 1 when I was there, but his name escapes me at the moment.

Publius, you're quite a bit younger than me I think so I would be amazed if you are referring to John Gurley.  Was he still there?  It is probably a different openly Marxist econ professor, I suppose.
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Yes!  Gurley.  That was him.  As I recall he was long in the tooth.  Supposedly he did a great job teaching Econ 1.

EDIT: He's still there!
https://economics.stanford.edu/node/275

[Bruce Wang]

[quote author=Publius link=topic=10394.msg94768#msg94768 date=1408550886]
Instead of fictional characters you could have used Beria and Gus Hall.  I would also have suggested the openly Marxist (seriously) Stanford econ professor that taught Econ 1 when I was there, but his name escapes me at the moment.

Publius, you're quite a bit younger than me I think so I would be amazed if you are referring to John Gurley.  Was he still there?  It is probably a different openly Marxist econ professor, I suppose.
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Yes!  Gurley.  That was him.  As I recall he was long in the tooth.  Supposedly he did a great job teaching Econ 1.

EDIT: He's still there!
https://economics.stanford.edu/node/275