Stand-Up Economist

As seen on Comedy Central The PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer!

Upcoming Shows

Book Cover: Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume One

Comedy/Book Tour: Spring 2010!

Click the cover image for more about the book, and contact me to bring me to your company or school!

    Pacific NW

  • Feb 17: U Bookstore (Seattle WA)

    7pm at the U Bookstore on the Ave (4326 University Way NE).

  • Feb 18: CFA Forecast Dinner (Seattle)

    More info here; at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront.


    Outside the Pacific NW

  • Mar 02: University of South Dakota (Tentative)

    More TBD.

  • Mar 03: St Olaf College (Northfield MN)

    8pm, location TBD at St Olaf College.

  • Mar 04: St. Cloud State University (MN)

    The Winter Institute "is open to students, alumni, local business and community people." I'll be speaking at 7:15pm, after dinner.

  • Mar 05: St. Croix Preparatory Academy (Stillwater MN)

    Free show from 2:06-2:56pm for econ students at St. Croix Preparatory Academy, a public charter school. Congrats to Rebecca Wahl and students for getting this gig via my free show Google map!

  • Mar 05: Macalester College (Tentative)

    More info TBD.

  • Mar 16: Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta (Banff, Alberta)

    Details here.

  • Mar 22: San Diego Jewish Academy (CA)

    SDJA assembly at 2pm! I'll also be joining Glenn Doshay's class the next morning. This show is not open to the public, sorry.

  • Mar 23: Reading/signing at Kepler's Books (Menlo Park CA)

    7:30pm reading and signing at Kepler's.

  • Mar 24: Pixar (Emeryville CA)

    Tentative lunchtime (12pm) gig at Pixar. This show is not open to the public, sorry.

  • Mar 24: San Francisco State University (Tentative)

    Tentatively at 2 or 3pm, tentatively free and open to the public!

  • Mar 24: Reading/signing at Booksmith (San Francisco CA)

    Reading/signing at 7:30pm at Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117.

  • Mar 25: Google (Mountain View CA)

    Google @Authors talk, 12pm. Sorry, this event is not open to the public. (Google folks, as a thank-you how about bumping me to the top of the list when folks search for "stand-up economist"? Oh, never mind.)

  • Mar 27: Charles M Schulz Museum (Santa Rosa CA)

    Saturday, March 27 from 2 – 4pm. Admission to the museum is $8 for adults and the comedy show is included with museum admission. The museum is located at 2301 Hardies Lane in Santa Rosa, Ca 95403. More info at 7070-579-4452 or www.schulzmuseum.org.

  • Mar 29: United States Military Academy (West Point NY)

    Class visit. This show is not open to the public, sorry.

  • Mar 30: Siena College (near Albany NY)

    Details TBD, but tentatively class visit at 1pm, then 4pm for the gig with reception/dinner to follow. The 4pm could also end up at 7pm.

  • Mar 31: United States Military Academy (West Point NY)

    Class visit. This show is not open to the public, sorry.

  • Apr 01: Reading/signing at R.J. Julia Booksellers (Madison CT)

    April Fool's Day at 7pm at R.J. Julia!

  • Apr 02: University of Chicago Executive MBA Program (Chicago)

    For executive MBA students only, 5-6pm at the downtown Gleacher Center. I'd love to do another show later that night for Univ of Chicago undergrads and/or others in Chicago, so email me if you want to hire me!

  • Apr 05: University School of Nashville (Nashville TN)

    Mon Apr 5 at 7pm in the USN auditorium, possibly with some terrific opening acts! Open to the public, free for folks connected to USN and free for all students and teachers of economics (you'll have to answer an economics question to prove your bona-fides :). Admission is $5 for everyone else.

  • Apr 06: Birmingham-Southern College (Birmingham AL)

    In the BSC Munger Auditorium at 7:30pm.

  • Apr 07: Rutgers (New Jersey)

    8pm at the Livingston Student Center, 84 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway NJ 08854!

  • Apr 26: Lawrence University (Appleton WI)

    Show at Lawrence University, details TBD. I'd love to do other piggy-back gigs in the vicinity: WI, Chicago, etc!

  • Apr 27: Edinboro University (near Erie PA)

    Details TBD.

Check out the show archive to see some of the places I’ve performed in the past.