STOCK MARKET WATCH - Thursday, 5 January 2012

[Demeter]

46. Stand-up economics in Chicago Jan 7 and 9

Hello Chicago-area comedy/economics fans:

* I'm on my way to Chicago for the American Economic Association annual meeting and will be doing two gigs that are free and open to the public, one at the AEA Humor Session (on Saturday Jan 7 at 8pm, with headliner Paul Krugman!) and one at the University of Chicago (on Monday Jan 9 at 7pm), plus some free shows for local high schools. Details on all of these here and if you have connections at the University of Chicago please help spread the word! (The econ department there has been typically laissez faire The Jan 7 show will definitely be packed, and the Jan 9 one may be also, so show up early to get a good seat! And of course if the dates above don't work for you then drop me a line if you want to hire me for another time while I'm on my 2012 "Gold Standard" World Tour, which so far includes gigs in Asia and Europe, plus Duluth MN, Boston, Oregon, Texas, and Florida.

* Check out excerpts &etc from the just-released Volume 2 (Macroeconomics) of the Cartoon Introduction to Economics.

* In case you missed it I've got a handful of China video blogs from the 5 months I was in Beijing (including some comedy bits) and I also had a NY Times op-ed last month ("The dismal education&quot .

Happy winter, hope to see you this coming week!
yoram bauman phd, standupeconomist.com
“the world’s first and only stand-up economist”