The Standup Economist
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Full set of still photos from the shoot (and more)
Click on any photo for truly lovely hi-res photos (by Brian Gee, visit his website and Instagram and show him some love, and FYI photos were taken with a Sony A1 Mark II with a Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II lens). Our four main cast members: Cassandra Dae Sanchez (GRACE), Luke Logan…
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Screenplay: Seize The Initiative!
** Movie script and info ** EGG Fund grant proposal ** Short / Proof-of-Concept ** Soundtrack ** Script reviews ** Movie script and info The summary/logline: Saul puts the “action” into climate action, flirting with young women and roping them into volunteering for a carbon tax…
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First set of still photos from the shoot
Click on any photo for truly lovely hi-res photos (by Brian Gee, visit his website and Instagram and show him some love, and FYI photos were taken with a Sony A1 Mark II with a Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II lens). Here's our four main cast members (from left to right) Cassandra Dae…
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Protected: Internal: Seize The Initiative!
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Memorial service for my father, Joel Bauman
Here’s a photo journal of the 2008 trip to Israel that Dad and I went on. (My only time there, his first time back in 50 years.) Click on any picture to read to accompanying text. And here's a photo journal of our 2021 Grand Canyon hike (down and back out!) when he was almost…
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2026 update on my global warming “traffic light” bet… and my fossil fuel bet
Preface: This update now covers two bets: my 2014 bet with fellow economists Bryan Caplan and Alex Tabarrok (I bet that global temperatures would continue to rise through 2029, they bet for flatlining temperatures) and 2024 bet with Zeke Hausfather and Nick van Osdol about…
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2025 update on my global warming “traffic light” bet with Bryan Caplan and Alex Tabarrok
Back in 2014 I made a global warming bet with fellow economists Bryan Caplan and Alex Tabarrok about global temperatures over the following 15 years (2015-2029) compared with the previous 15 years (2000-2014). The bet can be illustrated with this graphic, so I’m calling it our…
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January 2025 update for Seize The Initiative!
After a successful premiere at the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival in summer 2024 (videos and more at Yoram-Com.com), I’ve got three focal points for 2025: 1) In addition to trying to improve the play script, I’ve adapted it into a movie script because Chelsea Henderson of…
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My new play (a romantic comedy called Seize The Initiative!) premieres on Friday
Hello economics comedy friends and fans! (This post is duplicated on my Substack, which is very occasional and always completely free!) In the next few years we’re going to be hearing a lot about Keynes’s hundred-year-old essay “Economic possibilities for our grandchildren”…
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Stage Play: Seize The Initiative!
Stage play (Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival 2024) Below is a one-hour video from Sunday August 4, 2024, and if you're a glutton for punishment then there's a second one-hour video below that, plus a whole bunch of other random stuff! The amazing cast and crew: Addie Bowler…