Stand-Up Economist Blog 
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Follow me in China on PBS and Facebook
Posted 12/14/11
July-Nov 2011 I’ll be at UIBE in Beijing, doing carbon tax research… and some comedy! You can follow my adventures on Facebook and my PBS video blog (here’s #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9). And for my Chinese fans here’s me on Youku!
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In the news
Posted 12/11/11
The brutal logic of climate change At Climate Talks, a Familiar Standoff Emerges Between the U.S. and China. See also U.N. Climate Talks End With Deal for New Emissions Treaty Quality of Air? That’s as Murky as Western Sky
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China video blog #8: Economics comedy in Beijing (Part One)
Posted 12/06/11
Enjoy! And PS you’ll note that unlike the previous entries this one does not have the official imprimatur of PBS. It turns out they were a little queasy about one of the jokes. You’ll have to guess which one! (Hint: it wasn’t the sex joke.)
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In the news
Posted 12/05/11
Will China Stumble? Don’t Bet on It Gifts That Say You Care, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Online Learning, Personalized (Khan Academy) Oregon Leadership Summit: December 12, 2011. Oregon Convention Center Remember Kyoto? Most Nations Don’t: “The biggest obstacle to global progress has been countries like China and India that made no pledges at Kyoto because, [...]
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Cartoon Micro now available in Japan!
Posted 12/05/11
Published by Diamond, available at Amazon Japan and elsewhere. PS. And, courtesy of the publisher, here’s one of my comedy routines with Japanese subtitles!
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In the news
Posted 11/22/11
Pushing China’s Limits on Web, if Not on Paper. See also Online and by Paper Airplane, Contributions Pour In to Chinese Dissident and The Privileges of China’s Elite Include Purified Air. A funny take on the last items comes from ‘To pollute is glorious’: Minister for Environment, an article from China Daily Show, an Onion-like [...]
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Cartoon Micro now available in China!
Posted 11/21/11
Published by Cheers Books, available at Dangdang and Zhuoyue. As you can see from the cover photo, they passed on my suggestion to call the book The Cartoon Introduction to Socialism with Chinese Characteristics :) PS. Here’s one of my comedy routines on Youku with Chinese subtitles And I’m also on Weibo! I’m not sure [...]
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China video blog #7: For the love of Chinese bread
Posted 11/09/11
Enjoy!
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In the news
Posted 11/05/11
His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives Biggest Jump Ever in Global Warming Pollution in 2010, Chinese CO2 Emissions Now Exceed U.S.’s By 50%. See also NBC’s Must-See TV: “Today No One Can Deny That Extreme Weather is Here to Stay” Thanks to Fossil-Fuel Driven Warming. Bleak Portrait of Poverty Is Off the Mark, Experts [...]
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Archived page for Non-Profit Comedy (2006-2011)
Posted 10/20/11
This is an archive page for what used to be nonprofitcomedy.com Non-Profit Comedy is sadly coming to a close, with two last shows on Oct 18 and Dec 6, 2011. Often political and always hilarious, Non-Profit Comedy was featured in the Seattle P-I and has raised almost $100,000 for local non-profits over the past 6 [...]
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