Adventurous Economist Mugs

'I must say, you've been a loyal customer base.'

I should be a writer when I grow up...

'Bloody streakers - they have a lot to learn.'

'No, really, go ahead. You know me - I'm all about the journey, not the food pellet!'

'Thanks for being up support staff.'

Shoot For The Moon

What happens when the bears are running the market.

Bookshop: Unpopular Economics

'The best grants lie that-a-ways, Ma'am.'

"Papi, can I be president of the United States?"

"Now THAT's what I call a budget airline!"

"For this year's financial picture, we've done away with graphs."

'So glad we ticked the no publicity box.'

'The bouncing dot.com. bomb.'

Humpty Dumpty Travel Agency.

'And now, here's our own Ted Slimbuck to explain all those ups and downs in the stock market.'

'Pity you never have learned to sail...'

'What's the difference between exchange-traded derivatives and swaps?'

Stock market ups and downs.

"That's a beautiful poem, but of course, if you took the road less traveled, we'd make sure you have your GPS."

"Bull market? Depends on which end of the bull we're talking about."

"I'm going to introduce you to the wonderful world of trees."

'This is the last time I fly economy!'

'I'm an economist, but I try not to take myself too seriously.'

"I have this nagging feeling we've forgotten something..."

'When daddy comes home, tell him you still love him, even though he lost money with stupid trades in emerging markets.'

My lemonade stand went belly-up. I need a bail-out.

"I see a vague figure of someone groping...groping...groping..Yes, yes, it's coming in more clearly now! It seems to be—yes, it is a man! The man has a briefcase! And some papers! The man is an economist!"

'We've found it Chandler- The forbidden temple!'

'Some of the ideas, in the meeting on innovation, seemed interesting but they've never been tried before so I think I'll hold off for now.'

Physicists' Convention: Quantum Leap.

"...and then the heroic young investor managed to capture the evil high interest rate monster and wrestled him down until he was a mere 5.25%!"

Global Money Markets Roller-Coaster Ride.

Scientists discovered an immense hole in Siberia. Nobody knows what caused it. Some think global warming melted a huge, gas-filled hill made of ice so fast that is exploded. Let's let them go on thinking that, little buddy. House of Java.net Cybercafe. By the way, if you ever go out to the middle of nowhere to brew your own black market cologne, make sure you don't brew it on a hill made of ice. That does not constitute an admission of anything.

'It's pretty common among cruising executives, Mrs. Johnson... we call it non-jet-lag.'