Yoram Bauman

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Yoram Bauman at the 2010 Texas Book Festival.

Yoram Keyes Bauman (born November 19, 1973)

stand-up comedian.[2]

History

Bauman grew up in

Seattle, Washington
, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics.

Bauman is an

Lakeside School.[3] He is the co-author of the 1998 book Tax Shift which advocates switching taxation from income and property to resource consumption.[4]

Bauman bills himself as the "world's first and only stand-up economist."[5] His video Principles of Economics, translated has more than 1 million views on YouTube.[6]

Political activism

Bauman is a strong supporter of a

earned-income tax credit for low-income households.[8][9]

Selected publications

  • The Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume 1: Microeconomics (with Grady Klein)
  • The Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume 2: Macroeconomics (with Grady Klein)
  • Stand-Up Economics: The Micro Textbook
  • Tax Shift (with Alan Durning)
  • The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change (with Grady Klein)
  • The Cartoon Introduction to Calculus (with Grady Klein)

References

  1. ^ Bauman, Yoram (August 25, 2014). "2014 Update: Grading Economics Textbooks on Climate Change". Sightline Institute. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Chansanchai, Athima (January 29, 2007). "Do-gooders and good humor mix well on Non-Profit Nights, and that's no joke". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  3. ^ "Search Results Web results Yoram Bauman Education Employment" (PDF). Standupeconomist.com.
  4. BusinessWeek. Archived from the original
    on July 24, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  5. ^ Kim, Susan (January 15, 2009). "Didja Hear the One About the Funny Economist?". Time. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  6. ^ "Principles of economics, translated". Yoram Bauman's Youtube channel. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  7. ^ "Our Team". Yes on I-732. CarbonWA. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Our Policy". Yes on I-732. CarbonWA. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Washington Initiative 732 — Create Carbon Emission Tax — Results: Rejected". The New York Times. August 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-02.

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