Economic Insights Explorer Mugs

'Last quarter's sales figures were disappointing but don't be discouraged. Let's double our efforts and remember that it takes both sunshine and rain to make a rainbow.'

"Another week another dollar, Jenkins"

"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?"

Great Chinese Dynasties

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

The economy.

'Taxes are going up, but that's no excuse to earn less, Mr. Syms.'

'Today the stock market was moribund, as growth equities sputtered and bonds dipped due to the inverted yield curve. I'd translate that into layman's terms...but they don't pay me enough.'

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

Day trading.

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

'For an explanation of the financial terms of this loan, please enroll in a continuing-education economics class at your local community college.'

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

Russia Money Laundering

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

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

Economy

Manufacturing will take place in China...So what role does Europe have?...you borrow money to be the customer

Fiscal Compass for the Global Investor.

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

Largest passenger aircraft ever built. "Why does it have to be so big?" "We had to make extra room for all the subsidy money."

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

"Everything's gone up."

"We may have to rob from the rich AND the poor."

"I warned him not to keep his bitcoins under the mattress."

'Stocks rose on the rumor that the market is mostly rumor-driven.'

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