Hey guys, way off topic but has anyone taken Econ 301? Labor econ

I hear they make you sing the WMU fight song for extra credit.

(10-01-2009 09:05 AM)HuskiemobileMan Wrote:  I hear they make you sing the WMU fight song for extra credit.

I heard they tell you to fire all your American workers and move the business to China and hire workers there at $.25/hour in order to maximize the companies profits.

(10-01-2009 01:46 AM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Hey guys, way off topic but has anyone taken Econ 301? Labor econ

Yep.

It's actually a pretty interesting class. I'm trying to think of the professors name but as I recall everyone passed that made at least the minimum effort...it was slotves or something...He was from the Dakotas or something and talked with a fairly heavy northern accent.

Yea thanks thats what I was wondering the guy is like crazy about economics, but I've heard his tests are insanely hard. Any truth to that?

Outsourcing 101... or sorry, my company calls it co-sourcing.

(10-01-2009 12:43 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Yea thanks thats what I was wondering the guy is like crazy about economics, but I've heard his tests are insanely hard. Any truth to that?

Yeah they are fairly difficult, however the grading scale is a joke. In order to get a D or F you would have to miss a test.

And if I recall most of his tests are open note.

I took it. Easy A. But it was taught by a woman who barely spoke english. Nice lady though (mainly cuz she gave me an A)

(10-01-2009 11:53 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(10-01-2009 09:05 AM)HuskiemobileMan Wrote:  I hear they make you sing the WMU fight song for extra credit.

I heard they tell you to fire all your American workers and move the business to China and hire workers there at $.25/hour in order to maximize the companies profits.

Moving business overseas also means you avoid the higher corporate tax rates in this new era of hope and change, as well as the new cap- and-trade regulations, and labor unions.

:iagree: Yeah! What he said! (double post)

Any econ class you take at northern you won't be able to understand what your teacher is saying 90% of the time.

The college of business won't even accept the NIU's econ major as part of their curriculum it's so bad.

Majoring in econ is easy, because you essentially take the same couple classes over and over again until you get your degree. Usually where failed COB majors end up if they don't do the coms route.

Well trust me I know the difference im a MKTG major but econ is just my minor and when picking my econ classes i try and choose wisely...except with this guy

(10-01-2009 03:30 PM)rabidawg900 Wrote:  Any econ class you take at northern you won't be able to understand what your teacher is saying 90% of the time.

The college of business won't even accept the NIU's econ major as part of their curriculum it's so bad.

Majoring in econ is easy, because you essentially take the same couple classes over and over again until you get your degree. Usually where failed COB majors end up if they don't do the coms route.

I'm not sure any one in the country does. So it's not an exclusively NIU thing.

The thing with econ majors is that you can't go into it thinking you are going to be a "economist" you have to have a plan. I took my B.S. in Economics (with a 3.9...it's easy as hell) went into real estate and love it...and I'm working (thank goodness for short sales!)

I did a short stop as an intern at WKSC FM and that was just sales baloney.

The point is, any degree is worthless if you don't have a plan to go with it.

(10-01-2009 03:30 PM)rabidawg900 Wrote:  Any econ class you take at northern you won't be able to understand what your teacher is saying 90% of the time.

The college of business won't even accept the NIU's econ major as part of their curriculum it's so bad.

Majoring in econ is easy, because you essentially take the same couple classes over and over again until you get your degree. Usually where failed COB majors end up if they don't do the coms route.

Econ easy? Maybe at NIU, but speak for yourself and the U.

(10-01-2009 03:20 PM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(10-01-2009 11:53 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(10-01-2009 09:05 AM)HuskiemobileMan Wrote:  I hear they make you sing the WMU fight song for extra credit.

I heard they tell you to fire all your American workers and move the business to China and hire workers there at $.25/hour in order to maximize the companies profits.

Moving business overseas also means you avoid the higher corporate tax rates in this new era of hope and change, as well as the new cap- and-trade regulations, and labor unions.

Which is why this country is falling apart. Btw, most big corps don't pay much, if anything in taxes so don't try to give me that BS. With all the deductions they pay nowhere that "high tax rate" you righties say they do. It comes down to the need to have exorbitant profits and paying CEO's hundreds of millions(or billions) of dollars.

Or you can decide to collect the taxes that billionaire lefties like George Soros, or lefty millionaires such as Michael Moore/Hollywood actor/actresses find a way not to pay their "fair share".

(10-02-2009 12:10 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(10-01-2009 03:20 PM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(10-01-2009 11:53 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(10-01-2009 09:05 AM)HuskiemobileMan Wrote:  I hear they make you sing the WMU fight song for extra credit.

I heard they tell you to fire all your American workers and move the business to China and hire workers there at $.25/hour in order to maximize the companies profits.

Moving business overseas also means you avoid the higher corporate tax rates in this new era of hope and change, as well as the new cap- and-trade regulations, and labor unions.

Which is why this country is falling apart. Btw, most big corps don't pay much, if anything in taxes so don't try to give me that BS. With all the deductions they pay nowhere that "high tax rate" you righties say they do. It comes down to the need to have exorbitant profits and paying CEO's hundreds of millions(or billions) of dollars.

Or you can be Al Gore. Get goverment loans to build a $90k sports car that is green and have it built by a foreign company. Hey Republican and Democrats, it is all about the money. Gore has saddled his investments in the "Green" arena. He just wants to make huge money.