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Category: Humor
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From the Stand-up Economist email: Details on upcoming shows: See my web calendar for all the details, but FYI the San Diego show in January is the 12th Annual American Economic Association Humor Session at the ASSA conference, where I'll also be a discussant on a (serious) paper at an environmental economics session on Friday afternoon. The Humor Session, free and open to the public on…
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In case you are wondering: The 'American Chopper' meme featuring Paul Teutul and son, explained
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Really, could you have made this up? Hat Tip: Paul Jakus
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Yoram Bauman (via the Stand-up Economist email): Just in time to help President Trump's advisors, I'm thrilled to report that the Cartoon Introduction to Economics is now available is Russian (ba-da-boom!) plus a dozen other languages. Cartoon Climate Change is becoming ever-more important, and my co-author Grady Klein and I have finally finished a draft of Cartoon Calculus, so if you (or your students, etc.) want to…
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The RePEc blog: Many academic departments in economics require from their junior faculty to publish in top 5 journals in order to gain tenure or get promotions. The top departments ask for several such articles, lower ranked ones may ask for only one. However, the space available in those journals is very limited, a couple…
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I'm not sure why we haven't thought of this before, but we need a category for just plain odd statements from politicians/policy makers. Thankfully, George W. Bush** has given us the perfect title for the category: Former President George W. Bush reportedly thought President Trump's inauguration speech "was some weird shit." Bush attended Trump's inauguration, sitting…
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Now things are really getting fun: In an extraordinary speech the EU Commission president said he would push for Ohio and Texas to split from the rest of America if the Republican president does not change his tune and become more supportive of the EU. The remarks are diplomatic dynamite at a time when relations…
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Is a strong dollar a good thing for the U.S. economy or a bad thing? As employment stagnates, manufacturing continues its slump, and overall confidence in the U.S. financial system wavers, the nation’s economists have begun abandoning their homes and sending their loved ones overseas. “We’ve noticed a trend among the leading economic thinkers, be…
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From the Borowitz Report: As America’s bridges, roads, and other infrastructure dangerously deteriorate from decades of neglect, there is a mounting sense of urgency that it is time to build a giant wall. Across the U.S., whose rail system is a rickety antique plagued by deadly accidents, Americans are increasingly recognizing that building a wall…
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Source: http://xkcd.com/1725/
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