Economical Thinker Pillows

Summer Gas Price Hikes

'No, you've already sniffed once today, now it's your brother's turn!'

"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."

"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.'

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

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US dollar perched on fragile house of cards.

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

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

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

Tempest in a Teapot

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

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

"The good news is that profits are up 76%. . . The BAD news is that costs are up 83%."

"Efficiency savings...protect front line services BLAH! BLAH! refocus on core objectives BLAH BLAH!"

'Bad news on Wall Street. The entire stock market has been downgraded to a 'junk' classification.'

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

'Mixed day on Wall Street. Economic indicators were up, but executive bonuses were down.'

'Yes, we have a very diversified economy around here.'

Recession

'You can't fire me! I'm too big to fail!'

"Since when did economists become sociologists?!"

Profit slump

You would have to work decades to make what many CEO's do in an hour.

'They're just a few bored students with some vague ideology. They'll be gone and forgotten in no time.'

'Profit in the garbage.'

Bad news, boss. The rat race is out of cheese!

'How can they call it a shared sacrifice in this bad economy...when your pay cut was 10% and mine, 25%?!'

World Economics