Taking Economics Seriously

by Dean Baker and Dean Baker

A leading economist's exploration of what our economic arrangements might look like if we applied basic principles without ideological blinders.

There is nothing wrong with economics, Dean Baker contends, but economists routinely ignore their own principles when it comes to economic policy. What would policy look like if we took basic principles of mainstream economics seriously and applied them consistently? In the debate over regulation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262014181
• ISBN13: 9780262014182
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 87 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher