Economic Discourse Enthusiasts Mugs

An illustration of how treacherous the unemployment lines have become

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

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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!

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

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

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

G7 Summit Concern

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

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

"It's time to retire the word 'profit'."

Economy - USA.

Crony Capitalism (Always Follow the Money Trail)

Slipping and sliding down the slope...

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

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

The Greek Trampoline

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

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

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

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

'It's cheaper than gas.'

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

Bernard Madhoff $50-billion Ponzi financial scheme.

"I don't like the look of this."