Summary
Matthew Baker is a Professor of Economics at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center with over two decades of academic experience and 11 years framed in his current professional timeline. His research and teaching focus on law and economics, microeconomic theory, and economic history and growth, bridging rigorous theoretical work with long-term institutional and historical perspectives. He progressed through faculty ranks at the United States Naval Academy and CUNY, bringing a disciplined, pedagogical approach shaped by diverse academic settings. Trained with a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Connecticut and a BA from Wesleyan, he combines deep theoretical grounding with an interest in how legal frameworks shape economic development. Notably, his career emphasizes translating historical insight into contemporary economic questions, making him adept at connecting past trends to policy-relevant theory.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Economics, BA, Economics at Wesleyan University
Ph. D., Economics, Ph. D., Economics at University of Connecticut
German