Economics Conference Gifts

'Greenspan today explained the reason the Fed faises interest rates is so they can lower them again.'

ACME INDUSTRIES NEW PRODUCTS DIVISION, 'The best part is, it can repossess itself!'

Academic Idol - 'Professor Johannsen's paper was zippy. It had robust vocabulary and I almost felt that I could dance to it. I would give it a 7.'

'I've learned a lot about myself at these meetings...like, I can fall asleep with my eyes open!'

Inclusive speech

"Nervous about this morning's presentation?"

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

The interested bystanders.

Need Supercomputer to finish my PhD, Please Help.

'Complete sentences?? Jeez, how verbose can you get?'

'Gentlemen, we need a slogan!'

Businessman in suit on beach with financial report and eyes cut out viewing impending storm.

XYZ Inc, putting a folksy, human face on unfettered corporate greed for over 50 years.

"I understand the revisionists are hot on your trail, Professor Delauney."

'I'm no expert, but I think we're a little behind when it comes to the latest industry technology.'

No time for sirtaki now, Greece!

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

In and Out Sourced.

'Cancel his redundancy cheque then phone for an ambulance'

"I love these off-site business meetings."

'I suppose we've got to keep a sense of perspective. The Greeks waste our money, the French merely spend it.'

Unemployed recession: the irony is killing me

"For details on the bear market, here's a bear..."

'Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure my little talk has made you all think'

"I don't think the guy with the business-card cannon has ever been to an actual networking event,"

"Allow me to introduce Recession. Recession is here to stay."

'Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking...'

"This is the World Bank? Somehow, I had pictured it differently."

"The economy's been worsening for a while, but people still don't feel it, Rudy." "...Which means we still have time to get in on the despair action." "Despair action"? "We're going to expand our menu. Add more comfort foods, more 'sale' items, debt consolidation loans..." "Nobody's dumb enough to get a debt consolidation loan from some random guy." "Ha ha hoo hoo hee-"

"We serve danishes because that's just how I roll!"

'I'd put it on the back burner, but the stove's been repossessed.'

'And these are the projections if we stop doing silly things like paying the employees.'

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

'It makes conferences so much cheaper, no travel costs and we only need to buy our own drinks!'

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