"My first standard is how an economist analyzes a more or less new problem shown to him, and thus how well that economist can think. That sounds simple, but as we’ll see it rules out many folks right off the bat, most notably Karl Marx."

Sounds like it might not be the most appropriate course for Marx fans.

Spoiler alert: he doesn't come out and say that Milton Friedman is the GOAT, but he pretty much says that Milton Friedman is the GOAT.

They're all basically dealing with the philosophy of economics, but economics has transitioned away from being a qualitative field to a quantitative one.

Now Econ majors are expected to read Baby Rudin by their first year in top undergrad programs.

Source: attempted to become an Econ major in first year. Realized I don't have it in me to do analysis, so became a CS and PoliSci double instead, still got the Econ minor though.

Also take a look at EJMR (Econ and Finance's version of HN) - https://www.econjobrumors.com/topic/why-baby-rudin-is

Especially on the history of economic thought! Marx has had about 0 influence on modern economics.

Sure he’s an influential figure in world history and should be taught there but in a class on the history of economics??? No way.

Graeber is an even less plausible choice.