Amateur Economist Gifts

"Remember when we went out every weekend?? I miss that... Let's get dressed up and go somewhere really expensive!!"

"Are you supporting the French 'Yellow vests'?"

"Tariffs love me...tariffs love me not..."

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

"What do you think I can get for it on the blackboard market?"

"Do you promise to love, honour and contribute to the gross national product?"

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

"The economy always seems to be recovering, but it never recovers."

Will work for ETFs

"I'm sorry, but my costs were way out of control."

'...And here we have the 'Laugher Curve.''

Annual profits,

'The good news is, we did as well as expected last quarter. The bad news is, we didn't expect to do too well.'

"O.K. he's a billionaire, but how much of it is in cash?"

Thanks to the financial business scientists know it for sure now - Black Holes really exist!

'It's okay. We'll just push our retirement plan back a bit.'

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

'He took from the rich and gave to the poor? It sounds like wealth redistribution.'

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

G7 Summit Concern

Economy - USA.

Crony Capitalism (Always Follow the Money Trail)

Slipping and sliding down the slope...

'The Great Depression? Didn't they have Prozac then?'

I'm over-educated and under-employed. That's why there's no MIDDLE class anymore.

The Greek Trampoline

'This is where I hang out until bullishness makes a comeback.'

"For details on the bear market, here's a bear..."

"It looks like a perfectly balanced system to me."

'I'd like to explain my ideas for economy within the company.'

'It's cheaper than gas.'

"Maybe the unseen hand of the market will change the diaper."