Ten Principles of Economics, 10th Anniversary Edition

[falcner]

The audience isn't dead, its just that the SM58 mic that he is using is only good for picking up anything close to it.

[ScottandTanyaYoung]

Thumbs up if you read the footnote at 4:20.

[willon3]

@ScottandTanyaYoung I read it !

[quinnrin]

That audience was painful

[jimmyspindle]

It just sums up the attitude of the audience that they don't laugh at 'you're probably stupid' but they do at 'people are stupid.. well done him for continuing with such a bad audience..

[mehdi12mehdi]

The audience is stupid!!! :D

[andreinareed]

I really wish I could take a class with this guy!

[VentrueCapital]

@andreinareed Reading his books, such as the Cartoon Guide to Economics, is almost as good.

[fmjwilly]

tough crowd.

[danieliharris]

@buyoson Independent parties have looked at the HST several times and agree it's revenue neutral. Also, consumption taxes are the most economically efficient form of taxation. Even if it were a tax grab, hospitals, roads, education, infrastructure... they all need to be paid for somehow. Consumption taxes are much better than income taxes to raise money.

[Scientisticsoviet]

@danieliharris Not quite, although if you have deductions for low income persons than I would agree. Of course the other means in which governments can raise revenue which may be even better. Some my favorites are non-renewable natural resource royalties and dividends from state owned enterprises (particularly operating in natural monopolyesque sectors (eg. electricity networks, gas pipelines, water pipes, air and sea ports), capital intensive sectors, systemically risky sectors, etc.)

[zomgneedaname]

Please come and teach economics at my uni!

[axtage]

"In these days I don't know what to sing. The more I know, the less my tune can swing." -- Joe Strummer, Kingston Advice

[dingel]

The funniest part of this anniversary presentation was Yoram's reading of the best comments posted to YouTube in reaction to the original presentation. Tragic that that wasn't included in this video.

[triolemming]

Great years ago... still do.... still like Snickers eh?

[PropheciesofWar]

The routine was good, just the audience was a limp.

[axtage]

"In these days I don't know what to sing. The more I know, the less my tune can swing." -- Joe Strummer, Kingston Advice

[abadplanner1]

This sucks. Go back to teaching. You had your 15 mins of fame. Move along folks, nothing happening here.

[supplican]

Wow, what a dead audience. Your original one from ten years ago got a much warmer reception for the same material, weird.

[dingel]

@supplican This was at the AEA humor session. The majority of the audience had already seen the routine.

[MUFMA9]

Awesome, Yoram!

[xThucydides]

good to hear you're coming to chico!