Gregory Mankiw

Professor in the Economics department

at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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3.5

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Level of Difficulty

3.3

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Rating: All All Ratings Good Average Poor	Class All Classes EC10 ECON311 ECON301 ECON120 ECON10223 ECON101 ECN315 EC1011 E101	Comment
10/04/2016 awful 1.0 Overall Quality 3.0 Level of Difficulty	ECON101 For Credit: Yes Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: No Grade Received: N/A	A lot of his course is opinion based and horribly incorrect. He misses the mark as a professor, and the quality of the course is far from ideal. Avoid. 11 people found this useful 13 people did not find this useful report this rating
05/15/2016 awful 1.0 Overall Quality 5.0 Level of Difficulty	ECON101 For Credit: Yes Attendance: Mandatory Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: F	SKIP CLASS? YOU WON'T PASS. TOUGH GRADER LOTS OF HOMEWORK Terrible just terrible 4 people found this useful 8 people did not find this useful report this rating
12/17/2015 awful 1.0 Overall Quality 5.0 Level of Difficulty	ECON101 For Credit: Yes Attendance: Mandatory Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: F	TOUGH GRADER SKIP CLASS? YOU WON'T PASS. GET READY TO READ Worst teacher. Doesn't explain it and thinks he's so cool because he wrote a book 20 people found this useful 6 people did not find this useful report this rating
04/16/2015 poor 2.0 Overall Quality 5.0 Level of Difficulty	ECON10223 For Credit: Yes Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: N/A	You wrote a quite clear Intro Econ book, but your test is irrelevant and way too hard. Dont sell those things to other schools' professors because others dont know how to teach, and they keep throwing your HARD tests at us. 6 people found this useful 7 people did not find this useful report this rating
01/27/2009 good 3.5 Overall Quality 3.0 Level of Difficulty	E101 For Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: N/A	He is good. 4 people found this useful 4 people did not find this useful report this rating
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01/26/2009 awesome 5.0 Overall Quality 1.0 Level of Difficulty	ECON101 For Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: N/A	magestically awesome professor 4 people found this useful 2 people did not find this useful

01/24/2009 awesome 4.5 Overall Quality 1.0 Level of Difficulty	ECON301 For Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: N/A	nice 5 people found this useful 1 person did not find this useful
01/23/2009 good 4.0 Overall Quality 2.0 Level of Difficulty	EC10 For Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: N/A	No Comments 1 person found this useful 2 people did not find this useful report this rating

01/23/2009 good 4.0 Overall Quality 4.0 Level of Difficulty	ECON311 For Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: N/A	No Comments 2 people found this useful 0 people did not find this useful report this rating
09/18/2008 awesome 5.0 Overall Quality 4.0 Level of Difficulty	ECN315 For Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: N/A	Devoted to his subject and his students despite his meager wage! A born professor! And a looker to boot! 2 people found this useful 14 people did not find this useful report this rating
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10/29/2007 good 4.0 Overall Quality 4.0 Level of Difficulty	ECON120 For Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: N/A	He is a brilliant man and great professor. While at times the content is a bit beyond comprehension, he brings with it a refreshing sense of relevance. 2 people found this useful 1 person did not find this useful report this rating
01/20/2007 awesome 5.0 Overall Quality 3.0 Level of Difficulty	EC1011 For Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: Yes Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: N/A	No Comments 0 people found this useful 0 people did not find this useful report this rating
05/04/2006 awesome 5.0 Overall Quality 3.0 Level of Difficulty	EC10 For Credit: N/A Attendance: N/A Textbook Used: N/A Would Take Again: N/A Grade Received: N/A	Inspiring. 1 person found this useful 2 people did not find this useful report this rating

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