Free Our Markets: A Citizens' Guide to Essential Economics

by Howard Baetjer Jr.

The freer the markets people live in, the better they flourish. Dr. Baetjer aims to show readers that liberty, not the force of government, is the means to achieve the goals we all have for humanity--high and rising standards of living, increasing security and abundance for all. In this book Baetjer presents the principles of spontaneous economic order and explains why, for practical economic reasons, free markets produce better results than even the best intended and most carefully crafted government interventions.

Genres: Economics

378 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 4, 2013

Reviews

[Bryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really great book that explains the basics of free market principles, however it does get extreme free market towards the end especially when the author talks about the financial crisis. While his explanation makes sense has a logical flow, I think that it's an extreme to call for complete/near-complete deregulation in the banking sector.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baetjer provides an incredibly clear and concise discussion and argument for markets It is well written and uses easily understood examples to explain how markets overcome incentive and information problems. This is readable for ages high school and up.