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Washington and Lee University · Economics

4.1% of Washington and Lee University's Economics course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Economics departments, it is 1.5%.

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Washington and Lee University: 4.1% Economics at all 100 schools: 1.5% each other school in the comparison

Where Economics courses fall

0%Far left92–100

0%Left75–91

50%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

25%Center-right26–41

25%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

8 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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Framing Subject

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 231 · The Economics of Race67

Economics

Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Prerequisite: ECON 100, ECON 180, or ECON 180A. A critical examination of the causes and consequences of racial disparities in valued life-course outcomes in America. More than 50 years have elapsed since…

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ECON 229 · Urban Economics63

Economics

Prerequisite: ECON 100, ECON 101, ECON 180, or ECON 180A. A study of the economics of cities. Students discuss why cities exist, what determines city growth, and how firms make city location decisions. We then shift our focus to within-city…

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ECON 251 · Women in the Economy60

Economics

Prerequisite: ECON 100, ECON 101, ECON 180, or ECON 180A. Students explore how economic theory and analysis can be applied to examine the multiple roles that women play in our society. In particular, we examine linkages and changes in…

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Furthest-right subjects

ECON 246 · Caste at the Intersection of Economy, Religion, and Law12

Economics

FDR: SS4 Social Science - Group 4 Distribution Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Prerequisite: instructor consent. Social stratification touches every aspect of life, and South Asia's traditional caste structure is a special case: this…

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ECON 273 · Economy of Latin America25

Economics

Prerequisite: ECON 100, ECON 180, or ECON 180A. Why were many Latin American countries, which started with levels of development similar to those of the U.S. and Canada, not able to keep up? This course reviews the historic and contemporary…

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ECON 222 · Current Public Policy Debates29

Economics

Prerequisite: ECON 100, ECON 101, ECON 180, or ECON 180A. The course is an applied public finance and policy course that focuses on current policy debates. While the topics are updated with each offering, students in this course examine…

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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

Name	Metric	Value	95% interval	n	scored
Washington and Lee University · Economics	bias_left_share	4.1	—	49	—
Economics	bias_left_share	1.5	1.3 – 1.8	8,432	—

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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