Principles of economics, translated

"Mankiw's 10 principles of economics, translated for the uninitiated", by Yoram Bauman, http://www.standupeconomist.com . Presented at the AAAS humor session, February 16, 2007. For the record, the talk contains two unattributed quotes ("9 out of 5" is adapted from a line attributed to Paul Samuelson---although apparently he said it about Wall Street indices, not macroeconomists---and "wrong about things" is paraphrased from P.J. O'Rourke's Eat the Rich) and, of course, the Einstein "simple" quote is an intentional misquote. The talk is based on a published article in Annals of Improbable Research (see http://www.improb.com/airchives/paper... ), which sponsored my talk and to which you should subscribe (http://improb.com/subscribe/ ). In the paper you can see the "constructive example" of how trade can make everyone worse off (or you can just wait 50 years to see what happens with climate change). More info and other clips on my website (http://www.standupeconomist.com ), and please sign up for my email list. (No spam I promise.)

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[samsonlovesyou]

All of the profound economic comments posted....

No one seems to be stopping to point out that this guy is absolutely hilarious. That was TV worthy.

[wfhbright]

Given how many grammatical and spelling mistakes you have in your comment here, I feel like you do need to go to college...

[Lavastryngth]

he needs to finish high school first.

[Yoram Yasur]

Yeah. I agree too.

[jalcooldude]

Best. Homework. Ever.

[gjenkins1465]

Pretty funny! LOL my micro teacher recommended this.. Imagine that Haha

[Rohith Jyothish]

This is why a took a year off from Economics after my Masters!

[HyozanX]

My economics professor recommended this :D

[LaCortaSirena]

I wish he was my lecturer.

[69Jerrinho]

I'd like to see how you express your opinion in Italian bro.

[Dirae Mada]

The Poushal, they laugh at the Einstein quote probably because the original quote is: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, BUT NOT simpler" :)