[snarkpup]

One of the biggest mistakes I have ever made was taking a course in economics as a humanities elective when I was in college. It took several years before I realized that Samuelson's book was total crap and had little to do with reality--a graphic demonstration that economics is one of the few fields where one can be wrong all the time through an entire career and still be considered an expert.

[driftless2]

"course in economics"

Were Adam Smith, Friedman, Hayek, or any other free-marketeers ever discussed in your econ class? They were never mentioned in the econ class I took in college...except negatively. I wonder if they're discussed in any college classes and how many econ profs are hard-core libs? It seems a very large percentage are.