Economics Humor

Jokes and humorous stories about economists and economics: click here, here, and here.

Videos/Audio:

• Mankiw's 10 Principles of Economics, Translated
• Mankiw's 10 Principles of Economics, Rap Version
• An Economics Lecture as Understood by Students at 8:30 a.m.
• The World's First and Only Stand-up Economist
• What Created the Sub-Prime Mess (a 2007 satirical bit from British TV)
• Every Breath Bernanke Takes (With Alan Greenspan stepping down, the press had Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia's Business School (a.k.a., CBS), as a leading candidate for Fed Chair but Bush nominated Ben Bernanke. This music video spoof was made for the 2006 Columbia Business School's Spring Follies. Here an MBA student is supposed to represent Hubbard and CBS refers to the school, not the network. Note: BPS refers to basis points - there are 100 basis points in one percentage point.)