Economic Debater Mugs

'Look at it this way, if you didn't have to pay all that money in tax, you'd go out and spend it anyway.'

"I'm worried. We're small enough to fail, but not big enough to be bailed out!"

"The problem with capitalism is the unequal sharing of wealth. The problem with socialism is the equal sharing of wealth..."

Bar code prison.

Banking Facade.

James Freeman

Britain in the Brexit dumpster...

Herman Cain: 999?

'I guess they forgot to call for us again Martha.'

Ethanol profits are down.

"Hey - aren't you the owner of the store?"

Help the Poor Bosses! There's a Labor Shortage!

'How about pumping some money back into the economy?'

Petrol prices and politics.

Bankers Bonuses.

"Joining us today are Stewart Farkas, an inflation obsessive at Princeton University, and Harold Danko, a deficit scold at the Cato Institute in Washington. Welcome to you both."

Psst, sir. Want an extra kick with your morning coffee? Sure, like more caffeine? Like a little wake-up. Huh? The top 10% of American families get nearly 70% of all income, compared to 1980 when they got a third. I'm talkin' 'bout the income gap! Not bad. Does this come with chocolate syrup.

Insufficient But Politically Feasible

Foreign Markets with Big Barriers

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

"You know who's tougher than all your little superheroes? The fossil fuel industry."

'I suppose we've got to keep a sense of perspective. The Greeks waste our money, the French merely spend it.'

"Instead of raising the minimum wage, we should lower it to $4.00 an hour and create more jobs. Plus, low wages would encourage car pooling."

More Unequal Than Others

The strong Canadian dollar is bad for the Canadian exporting manufacturers.

The Boom-Bust Cycle of Capitalism

Yellow Vests

"Son, one day all this will belong to your tax office, your economy-hating environmental wackos and your corrupt political clowns."

'You can't sit like that all the way through the Budget.'

'What we must decide is if there is an accidental nuclear explosion which wipes out this entire part of the country, do we pass the cost on to the consumer?'

"Will the current economic trend end in a whimper or a bang? For answers, let's turn to tonight's guests!"

"Look Daddy, at least the poor economy hasn't affected the Tooth Fairy yet!"

Quick Fixes for the U.S. Economy

'We came here because our planet ran out of fossil fuel.'

"Thank god it wasn't a mega budget."