Economists Mugs

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Just watch the road and look straight ahead'

Emergency Healthcare.

'Where did you expect he'd be?'

'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."

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

The most bizarre life form Gyork had ever encountered.

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

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

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

'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...'

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