Economic Excavator Gifts

'Well, son, I supposed it all started when they hiked the minimum wage to $39.50....'

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

Phrenology bust with sections for different currencies.

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

In/Out/These Things Happen.

'Why couldn't you just give him a bucket and shovel?'

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

The economy.

Watering Money

'You know the economy's in trouble when the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans only has 350 names on it.'

"Ten Dollars?! I can't eat that." Bob was on a strict low-cost diet.

'You have to reconcile your gross habits with your net income.'

Sign: 'Welcome to Fernbanks. Beneath our quaint Norman Rockwell-ish exterior beats a big-box chain store heart, ready to sell out at the drop of a hat.'

'well of course I'm giving your portfolio the attention it deserves, I'm even wearing a black armband!'

Economy

Kids ask repetitively: 'Is the recession over yet?'

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

"It's simple supply and demand. The shorter the supply, the more money we demand."

"Everything's gone up."

"Yeah, that's right. I'm the sandman. Where did you think I was getting my sand all these years?"

Bookstore. The Stock Market for Dummies. It's either an instructional guide or a history of recent economics.

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

"It's swings and roundabouts – one goes up the other goes down."

Wealth Juggler.

I work for a not for profit business. Mind you, two years ago it was a 'for profit' business.

Economy.

"If you really must know, Junior, yes, you were a market correction."

'All we can do is remind the stockholders that money isn't everything.'

Statue of Liberty and the Financial Crisis

Long and Short term investments.

'We were in the right place at the right time but, unfortunately, we were in the wrong time zone.'

'In a Washington economic summit, a panel of three economists offered two dozen opinions about the direction of global economics.'

'I don't know about you, but I really don't like the look of that yield curve.'