S*** happens (now with annotations!)
Jodi Beggs of economistsitwithmodels.com has provided some helpful annotations to my latest video, "S*** happens: The economics version". (In case you missed the video, just [...]
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Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong, by William D. Nordhaus. See also the skeptics' Concerned Scientists Reply on Global Warming. Prizes With an Eye [...]
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Foxconn Plans to Lift Pay Sharply at Factories in China. See also Pressure, Chinese and Foreign, Drives Changes at Foxconn Florida Set for New Cut [...]
My new comedy video: “S*** happens: the economics version”
Below is a Jan 2012 video of a routine I performed at the American Economic Association humor session in Chicago. It contains bad language (repeated [...]
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14 Ways an Economist Says I Love You. I love the Pigou Club / Pick You Club one. Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend [...]
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FiveBooks Interviews: Jonathan Gruber on Public Finance Steroids, baseball, and climate change: What do home runs and weather extremes have in common? The Devastating Costs [...]
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NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record: Nice video, plus Jim Hansen: Hansen said he expects record-breaking global average temperature in the next two to [...]
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Amid Strikes, Nigeria Rolls Back Gasoline Price. See also A Country’s Frustration, Fueled Overnight. 13th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation. UBC, Sept 20-21, 2012. Climate [...]
Non-resident state taxes (for April 15 2012)
What a mess. Sigh... The only really good news is that this site is pretty handy. Also, Kansas really has their act together with e-file. [...]
Carbon pricing backdrop/storyline (draft #1)
Here's a very draft backdrop/storyline that is intended to help make the case for a 2014 campaign for carbon pricing in the Pacific Northwest. Comments [...]