Monday, January 3, 2011

Economic Comics

Ev'ry year, in the opening week,
At the conférence économique,
Next to earnest debates
At off-season rates,
There's some divertissment très comique.

The imaginary Dr. Goose will share the stage with some real - and really funny - PhD's during this weekend's annual meeting of the American Economic Association in Denver.  The AEA's humor session is 8:00 PM MST on Saturday, January 8 and includes the lineup below.  It's free and open to the public, so please come see us if you are in Denver.  If you are not, you can see the live webcast, courtesy of Harvard's Jodi Beggs, a.k.a. "Econgirl."



Jan 08, 2011 8:00 pm, Sheraton Downtown Denver, South Convention Lobby
American Economic Association
The Economics Humor Session in Honor of Caroline Postelle Clotfelter
Presiding: N. GREGORY MANKIW (Harvard University)
"Limericks Economiques" by Dr. Goose
DAVID LEFKOVITS (limericksecon.com)
Supplying Justice, Demanding Vengeance: The Economics of Comic Books
MARK BUTLER (St. Johns University and Ecocomics Blog)
NICHOLAS TILIPMAN (Cornell University and Ecocomics Blog)
The Economics of the Simpsons
JODI N. BEGGS (Harvard University and economistsdoitwithmodels.com)
CBO versus OMB...OMG!
YORAM BAUMAN (University of Washington and standupeconomist.com)
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