Economic Theorists T-Shirts

Nationalized Bank and Trust.

Trickle Down Economy?

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

Done With You

Coming Soon! More Stuff You Could Live Without!

"I don't think we'll ever get off this boat!"

"Stock options for your thoughts."

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

'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."

Build Your Own Portfolio

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

"The little engine that could... after taking advantage of family connections, a trust fund, working two years for free as an intern, and finally getting hired as an independent contractor."

Thrift: New way to eat eggs (avoid needless transport costs).

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

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

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

'Let's hope the new norm means that less really is more.'

"C'mon people! All for me and me for me!"

"In the current market, it's just more practical."

US dollar perched on fragile house of cards.

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

The Great Leap Forward

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

"If CEO pay packets aren't a problem, why doesn't everyone get one?"

'This graph may need some explaining...'

Tempest in a Teapot

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

'. . .actually I'm not a real Guru, I was forced up here originally by the property prices.'

'I don't know about the ecosystem, but the economy seems to be on the upswing.'

'So, a bailout is like a Ponzi scheme for automakers?'

"There may be a moral equivalent of war, but, by God, there is not moral equivalent of money."