Economists Gifts

Lemonade stall gone bankrupt.

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'What I'm challenging this group to do, then, is to redirect our shared passion for the idea of making money into actually making money!'

'Well, that's simplified the mission statement.'

"Is that just for the night, or for ever?"

'Help! I ran my business like a government.'

'We're projecting growth in the third year, but unfortunately, we'll be out of business by then.'

'Our only hope is a merger so we can become too big to fail.'

The 8.05 to Wall Street.

'Generally, cost-cutting is a good thing. Specifically, too much of a good thing.'

Man asking a clairvoyant about the future.

'Our actual performance over the last quarter depends much on one's perspective. Take, for example, this perspective.'

Think Tank, we are looking to hire 'free thinkers' because our budget has been cut.

'In a surprise move, the fed said interest rates would stay the same, but hemlines would rise.'

"Good God! Has the dollar fallen that far?"

"I think we must accept that things have got to get worse before they can get even worse."

'Wait, I have a coupon for $500,000 off that hammer.'

"Everywhere you look, there's a rate hike."

'We're quite confident this lull won't last long.'

"The sky is falling - I just heard it from a very reliable source!"

"What they lose on the swings we gain on the roundabouts."

'Fortunately our generation won't have to pay the huge debt. Our grandchildren will.'

'Where did you expect he'd be?'

Emergency Healthcare.

'I know you want financial certainty for your business. Here it is, your business is certain to fail.'

'I lost my job - I was replace by an app.'

'We're in good shape. Nobody understands our financial statement.'

"When it comes to balancing the budget, unfortunately he has the minus touch."

'Just watch the road and look straight ahead'

The most bizarre life form Gyork had ever encountered.

'We laid off too many people. Our only real revenue came from the employee parking lot.'

'We have to make massive cuts so we can reduce debt.... which will cut into growth which is needed so we can make massive cuts...'

'If we wait here long enough will we see the hedge funds fly south for the winter?'

"It's too late to give a tax cut to the rich, Sire -- They're all poor now."

'Class Warfare!'