Economic Downturn Debater Gifts

Foreign Markets with Big Barriers

'I do feel for these quangos.'

Mario Draghi

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

'Oh, no! It's all in euros!'

'Now let's proceed downstairs and see where our stock shares presently sits,'

"And then, like an idiot, I turned to the boss and said 'Maybe the stock market isn't the only thing that's been overvalued!'"

'I've been sent by the board to ask if you'd be willing to cut your symbolic one dollar a year salary to fifty cents.'

"This just in! Due to downsizing, the mega-merger of Consolidated Industries and Humungous Corporation has been changed to a simple bankruptcy."

"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..."

More Unequal Than Others

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."

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

"Okay, the market took a dive. No reason to panic, Mr. Spielman."

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

Quick Fixes for the U.S. Economy

'And the good news is - we're in deep doo-doo.'

'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 remember when you used to see 3 or 4 of these a week!"

"Perkins, sometimes consistency is not a virtue."

"Since they graduated, have any of your children moved back in with you?"

'What gives you the idea we're on a sinking ship?'

James Freeman

"I am reminded of a morbidly depressing anecdote. . ."

'If the market should go down really deep, I'll be well prepared!'

'Bad news I'm afraid...You've got the worst inheritence for a generation.'

Nation of Has-Beens (and Never-Will-Bes)

The Elephant in the Corner.

Vulture waiting outside a failing business.

'I run a small investment firm. Unfortunately, it used to be a large investment firm.'

Sign says: 'Please Help. Downshifting'

School of Voodoo Economics