“Today, we are walking out of your class, Economics 10, in order to express our discontent with the bias inherent in this introductory economics course,” read a statement issued by the protest organizers. “We are deeply concerned about the way that this bias affects students, the University and our greater society.”
The Harvard Crimson reported that protesters walked out of Sanders Theatre, several of them carrying signs, at 12:15 p.m. A small number of students booed the group to show their support for Mankiw.
Walkout organizer Gabriel Bayard told the Crimson that he sees Economics 10 as “a symbol of the larger economic ideology that created the 2008 collapse.”
“Professor Mankiw worked in the Bush administration, and he clearly has a conservative ideology,” Bayard said. “His conservative views are the kind that created the collapse of 2008. This easy money focus on enriching the wealthiest Americans — he really operates with that ideology.”
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