I liked it, but YMMV.

This class pretty much boils down to how you do on the final exam. He ends class late about every third lecture. Otherwise everything is pretty straight forward. He makes you feel comfortable asking questions, and I would definitely recommend him

great class

Dr. Friedman is a treasure. His class was very entertaining and I learned so much about how I make decision. It was my favorite economics class. I would take another class with him in a heartbeat.

I took this class because the other one to hard and I need high grade for PhD. Extra happy with Friedman. Helps very much and patient on questioning. Grades homework easy and no midterm. TA Kai is good to, smart.

The homework is easy and the reading tests are hard to keep up with because the textbook is dense. Use the flashcards to study for the final exam. It is about 80% definitions and 20% (or less) calculations.

Awesome class

Friedman was very entertaining and I learned a lot.

Not a fan of Friedman. His teaching is overly reliant on readings, and going to office hours. His lectures are long a rambley and don't cover a lot of the reading. Weekly quizzes are obnoxiously hard, but are always curved a ridiculous amount so that you do okay. His class is curved to hell, which makes it tolerable, but he's not great.

He is a nice guy and he makes himself accessible. His teaching style relies on you going to office hours which is an unrealistic expectation. He adds a ton of math to the course that other econ professors do not. I only took Calc 1 and I felt that I was at a disadvantage to students who had taken Calc 3. Yes, there is multivariable calculus.

He's amazing. The class is hard, and there's problem set's every week that take a lot of effort, but they're great for exam prep. Dr. Friedman is always available and really wants to help you succeed. He's really receptive to feedback, and as long as you put in the work, you'll get a decent grade

exams are stupid hard. no way to cheat, nobody knows the answers.

the textbook is available online if you want to save a few bucks. it isn't really necessary. the lectures are fun, but you skip any just request recordings. complete all the problem sets and it is hard to do worse than a B.

There is a problem set every week and they are nearly impossible. But he will give you the answers if you ask. Exams are also very long. Really fun lectures but not many practice problems, be sure to check out the online tutorials that he posts because they were similar to the exam equations.

The lectures were great, but there is too much reading in this course. It would take 5 hours per week at least just to get through it all. Hardly any of the reading assignments show up on exams/quizzes. The topic is very interesting and Dr. Friedman is pretty funny and an easy grader.

I go to class most days, so I liked this class, but it would have been difficult to pass if I hadn't. Participation points can make or break your grade. He is an entertaining prof. but his lectures can be a bit scattered. Overall: nice guy and fun class.

Very passionate and entertaining professor. The course and lectures move fairly quickly without much time for in-class examples, so make sure you learn how to do the work and calculations at home. Tests are very similar to homework so make sure you really know how to do the homework well. The class is quite difficult but doable with some effort.

Really fun down to earth guy. Kind of heavy on homework and tests can be kind of hard, but the homework is really helpful in terms of preparing for the tests. I don't want you to think that he will wreck your GPA or eliminate all of your free time; that simply isn't the case. He can also take *constructive* criticism, unlike a lot of profs at UW.