So the story of the baby-sitting co-op is not a mere amusement. If people would only take it seriously—if they could only understand that when great economic issues are at stake, whimsical parables are not a waste of time but the key to enlightenment—it is a story that could save the world.


"Baby-Sitting the Economy", Slate (Aug. 13, 1998)

Paul Krugman Quotes

So the story of the baby-sitting co-op is not a mere amusement. If people would only take it seriously—if they could only understand that when...

So the story of the baby-sitting co-op is not a mere amusement. If people would only take it seriously—if they could only understand that when...

So the story of the baby-sitting co-op is not a mere amusement. If people would only take it seriously—if they could only understand that when...

So the story of the baby-sitting co-op is not a mere amusement. If people would only take it seriously—if they could only understand that when...