Economic Philosophers Gifts

"I'm sorry, but there is no more fast lane. We all live on the median now."

"Happiness is more important than money,but it is easier to count money."

'I thought I was on the gravy train, and then the Wabash Cannon Ball got me!'

The Not-So-Distant Future

Unemployed Hero

'Thank goodness we live in the golden age of inequality.'

Sorry, I've changed my mind.

'The rich are very different from me and you, my friend.'

'Of course, in the long term we're all extinct.'

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

'Whoever said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' never had a room full of angry shareholders.'

'Please remember that these figures could be off as much as two dollars.'

'And remember to emphasize we're giving them the opportunity to find a better job.'

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

"Gentlemen, we're missing a great opportunity by not hitching this company to the current tailspin."

Wall St. or True Love.

'I don't know if money grows on trees, son. I know it doesn't grow in fields.'

"At $4 a dozen, it's hard to balance a career and a family."

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

'It's good to be here. We're having economic problems where we come from.'

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

Economic Outlook Conference - 'Remember the seating is optimist, pessimist, optimist,...'

'It's crunch time, Caldwell. That's the time between when you're born, and when you make your first million.'

"I'm as progressive as they come, except for my money. No one touches my money."

Coming Soon! More Stuff You Could Live Without!

Flat tax - equal burden?

'My ambition used to drive the economy. Now it drives my Mercedes.'

US dollar perched on fragile house of cards.

"Okay... how about some people are poverty rich but asset poor?"

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

Tempest in a Teapot

"Sure, money may be imaginary - but at least it's got everybody imagining it."

Stockbroker and Psychotherapist: Money won't make you happy and therapy won't make you rich.

The burden of carrying the Euro.

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.