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Harvard University · Economics

1.0% of Harvard University's Economics course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Economics departments, it is 1.5%.

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Harvard University: 1.0% Economics at all 100 schools: 1.5% each other school in the comparison

Where Economics courses fall

0%Far left92–100
0%Left75–91
33%Center-left59–74
22%Center42–58
22%Center-right26–41
22%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
9 plotted courses (the ones with a political subject). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right. Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes.

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FramingSubject

Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes. A course on slavery or the Holocaust lands far right and a course on Marx or the Soviet Union lands far left, whether the course praises, criticizes or simply describes it.

Furthest-left subjects

ECON 1818 · Economics of Discontinuous Change72

Economics

Explores discontinuous changes and differences in socio-economic outcomes among countries, firms, and people, with attention to the four "apocalyptic" shocks that upended human lives in recent years; the Covid19 pandemic, 2008 implosion of…

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ECON 1015 · Black Genius67

Economics

Examines the life and work of African-American geniuses – both historic and contemporary – in social justice, academics, the arts, and education with a particular focus on how their life and work affects economic thought and our…

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ECON 1936 · Keynes63

Economics

This course explores the birth, death, and resurrection of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money from the Great Depression (1929-1939) to the Great Recession (2008-?). A major goal is to lay out a coherent argument that, for…

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Furthest-right subjects

ECON 1017 · A Libertarian Perspective on Economic and Social Policy17

Economics

Analyses the libertarian perspective on economic and social policy. This perspective differs from both liberal and conservative views, arguing for minimal government in most arenas. Policies addressed include drug prohibition, gun control,…

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ECON 1535 · The Global Economy17

Economics

A wave of protectionism has rocked the world economy in recent years. In the United States, the Trump administration abandoned the country's traditional position as a defender of international trade, viewing global trade as a "zero-sum"…

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ECON 980B · Education in the Economy33

Economics

An exploration of the role of education in the economy using historical, comparative, and current policy perspectives. Topics include the theory of human capital, the role of education in economic growth and distribution, vouchers and…

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Why this number, in plain words

Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.

Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.

  • Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.
Details: exact rows, definitions and method
NameMetricValue95% intervalnscored
Harvard University · Economicsbias_left_share1.0—103—
Economicsbias_left_share1.51.3 – 1.88,432—
Formula
100 * count(bias_cat = 'L') / n
Interval
Wilson score 95% (wilson_interval)
Model / prompt / snapshot
gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
Metric caveats
Right-framed courses are almost absent (33 of 124,290); this run cannot tell catalog reality from model sensitivity. Compare schools with adjusted_ratio, not this raw share, because department mix differs.

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