Open Veins taught me more about economics than a 4 year undergrad degree in the subject.

That being said, if it gets you a job you have to make a living.

I'm split between yes and no

As a person who's about to head to University in a few months and currently does Maths, Computer Science, and Business Studies, I can definitely state that any degree/subject which involves liberal topics such as Economics and Political Science are useless.

As an example, in Business Studies, it's always about the business. They just put the thing out there, "the business is what matters". Of course they delve into ethics and stuff but they don't care about that because businesses are supposed to be the best option. It's just capitalist realism combined with writing too much.

Economics is similar, it just doesn't involve businesses as much. It's just: "keep the economy going, line go up means world more gooder." It's an absolute joke. People with Economics or PoliSci degrees are also utterly atrocious and worse than marxists who don't hold any degree of the sort.

I'm surprised that this shit is being taught to begin with. It's all liberal nonsense, really. I don't have much on PoliSci, but someone here made a series of posts where it delves into the liberal nature of PoliSci.

Or do they only teach liberal nonsense?

Yeah, in the West they continue the high school legacy and preach "free market is gooder". That said, some professors won't ding you if you go against the grain and advocate for Marxism or whatever. So read the room and do what you think is best, but if you have to write bourgeoisie bullshit to get a passing mark, well... no one is going to give a fuck about some bullshit you wrote as part of an undergrad paper after the grade is given. In this context do what you have to do to get the paper. Use the energy and willpower you save to do actual communist praxis instead. Luckily many universities have Marxist or Marxist sympathetic orgs you can join. Unless you go to uni where I did (Norwich), then you're fucked in that regard.

There are still valuable things to learn even in liberal institutions though, and you're there to learn things, so spend the time to learn things. As other comrades have advised, explore outside the confines of what the uni hands you as mandatory reading. Find Marxist thinkers in your area of study and read what they had to say about the issues you are exploring. Often, even liberal colleges will ask the right questions, the problem usually lies in the answer they encourage you to arrive to when exploring it.

Also, always consider how the knowledge you gain can be useful for the communist cause. If China and Vietnam can find value in continuing to offer Economics and Political Science degrees, you can too.