Stand-Up Economist Blog 
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In the news
Posted 10/16/11
I’m going to the China Coal & Mining Expo 2011! Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal Need to read up on this: An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Global Warming Impacts: How We Know Inaction Is the Gravest Threat Humanity Faces In Cooling China, Loan Sharks Come Knocking Paula L. Ettelbrick, [...]
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My PBS video blog: Chinese housing bubble?
Posted 10/14/11
It’s all here, including my cringeworthy but increasingly semi-functional Chinese!
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2012 “Gold Standard” World Tour
Posted 10/06/11
So far I’ve got confirmed or tentative gigs in Chicago (Jan 7-10), Texas (Feb 3 and again in October), Vancouver BC (Feb 18), Oregon (March 2 and again June 11), Seattle (Mar 4), Duluth MN (Mar 26), Boston (Mar 29), Exeter NH (Mar 31), Florida (April 3-5), the UK (April 30-May 12), EU Europe (mid-May), and maybe Singapore (September). Contact me to bring me to your school, comedy club, or corporate event: I’m happy to work with you on inflation- or deflation-proof contracts in a fiat currency of your choice… or we can just settle for a bit of gold!
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Help me with my new routine (and win Cartoon Macro!)
Posted 10/06/11
Disclaimer: The new routine I’m working on is rated PG (not G) because of mild jokes about religion and repeated uses of the “s” word. If that’s okay with you, click here to help me come up with jokes! If I pick your joke(s) to include in my routine then you’ll win an autographed copy of the Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume Two: Macroeconomics.
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Steve Jobs: My half-hearted tribute
Posted 10/06/11
If anybody should have been a fan of Steve Jobs and Apple, it was me. I used an early Macintosh computer at Presidio Middle School in 1987. I went to Reed College, where Jobs spent a semester and studied calligraphy. He spoke at the college’s convocation ceremony my freshman year, and the Reed computer lab [...]
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In the news
Posted 9/08/11
Postal Service Struggles to Stay Solvent, and Relevant “The Center for a Better Life has published a very interesting article entitled “Task Force Climate Change: Climate Skepticism and Ways Forward,” by Cmdr. Blake McBride, U.S. Navy Task Force on Climate Change.” One-Child Policy a Surprising Boon for China Girls Panel Hears Grim Details of Venereal [...]
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My latest PBS video blog
Posted 9/01/11
Here, complete with Chinese beat-boxing!
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In the news
Posted 8/28/11
Amazon Spends Millions to Fight Internet Sales Tax Seeing Irene as Harbinger of a Change in Climate Behind China’s green goals: “For local officials, there is a direct link between achieving these targets – even by the skin of their teeth – and keeping their jobs. This led to the absurd situation last year where [...]
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Obituary of my great-aunt June Chapman Ford
Posted 8/23/11
Obituary here. She was my grandmother’s sister and they were both wonderful. They also both attended—as the article notes—”Mrs Wheeler’s Outdoor School in Hartford”. My grandmother used to tell me stories about how they would learn outside in the winter (with finger holes cut in their gloves so they could write) and then go inside [...]
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In the news
Posted 8/23/11
Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisations, say scientists. “This article was amended on 19 August 2011. The subhead said the report was “for NASA”. This has been corrected.” 50 Mac essentials Even more about pork in China: China Plans to Release Some of Its Pork Stockpile to Hold Down Prices, China to Release [...]
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