Now you are going off the deep end.
IMO, not at all, bkepley. More than ever before, you should look at your professor as an opinion, and that there is another argument with supporting facts out there.
Then you can make YOUR honest conclusion on which you feel more comfortable.
I was 30 years old and self-employed when Carter took office. Experienced, firsthand, the Reagan Economic boom.
That's a helluva lot more important than what any loser-drone college Professor can teach me.