Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
loved him. apparently played ping pong with his brother.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Matt Friedman
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
This was an amazing class. You learn about a lot of information that impacts your daily life, not just obscure concepts that you will never use again. It is a really new subject so a lot of it deals with things that are in the news which makes it easier to relate to. The reading and homework take a lot of time and are needed to pass the final.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
Best class/teacher combination at UW. The class is hard but dr friedman is more helpful than any professor I have taken at UW. The subject matter is very useful and easy to understand. But the math!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
He showed us frustrated gamer vlogs all class and says he has a pet red chicken.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Hands down best professor on campus. Such a nice person.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
I liked it, but YMMV.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Matt Friedman
ECON 100
Economic Approach to Current Issues
3–4 creditsECON 100 introduces the economic approach to understanding current issues through academic and popular readings.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.11 GPA, 40.6% A/AB (n=64 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2023–Fall 2025ECON 455
Behavioral Economics
3–4 creditsBehavioral Economics examines departures from rational norms using psychological enrichments of the standard model.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Matt Friedman is described as entertaining and approachable, with students finding the material relevant to daily life. Reviewers note scattered lectures and a heavy reading load, though the final exam focuses on definitions.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026Recorded teaching history
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