Help me with my new routine!
Inspired by FMR, I’ve got a new routine called “When life gives you lemons…” and I need your help! The idea is to use this phrase to explain economic ideas, e.g., comparing an MBA (“When life gives you lemons, go corner the market for lemons”) with econ grad school (“When life gives you lemons, go read “The Market for Lemons”). Excellent entries will win signed copies of my Cartoon Economics books!
Time for a carbon tax!
I’m part of the CarbonWA.org group that’s trying to put a BC-style revenue-neutral carbon tax on the November 2014 ballot in Washington State. Check out the report from KLEW-TV in Lewiston.
Upcoming Shows
+ Jan 4, 2014 Philadelphia PA 6th Annual AEA Economics Humor Session in Honor of Caroline Postelle Clotfelter Tentatively at 8pm on Saturday Jan 4 2014 at the Philadelphia Marriott). The humor session and the Friday night music session are the only parts of the American Economic Association annual meeting that are free and open to the public! (Registration for the full conference---more info here---is well worth it if you're into economics :) + Jan 14, 2014 Lancaster, UK University of Lancaster Tentative show at the University of Lancaster on T Jan 14, 2014. + Jan 16, 2014 Zermatt, Switzerland Swiss Investment Manager Circle At a private event near Zermatt, Switzerland, on the evening of Thursday Jan 16, 2014. + Jan 30, 2014 Bellingham WA Sustainable Connections Details TBD, but at the Sustainable Connections All-Member Meeting on the evening of Th Jan 30. + Feb 2, 2014 Seattle Temple Beth Am Comedy and carbon taxes at the Sunday Forum at Temple Beth Am on Sunday Feb 2 at 10:15am. + Feb 12, 2014 Seattle Seattle University Details TBD, but tentatively on the evening of W Feb 12 at Seattle University. + Feb 20, 2014 Oak Harbor WA Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce Details TBD, but at lunchtime on Th Feb 20 with the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce. The price to attend the luncheon is $15 for non-members of the Chamber. The phone number to RSVP is (360) 675-3755. Success!
Thanks to 300 generous Kickstarter supporters, my co-author Grady Klein and I are proceeding with The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change! You can provide feedback on the book drafts or check out the archived Kickstarter campaign. (I suppose you could still get a reward if you email me and ask about it :)
Cartoon Economics
The Cartoon Introduction to Economics (Volume 1: Micro and Volume 2: Macro) is now available in 12 foreign languages!
“Hyperinflation in Hell”
Check out my latest video, which came almost a full year earlier than the Wall Street Journal‘s Aug 20 2013 article, “In Hong Kong, Inflation Worries Spook the Spirit World”. (My video was filmed at the Humor Session at the Jan 2013 annual meeting of the American Economic Association.) All together my videos have over 1 million hits on YouTube.
