Economy Thinker Mugs

Who knows better how to spend your money, you or Big Brother?'

"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."

Desk plaques: 'Money isn't everything' '...Which makes it no less awesome in my opinion.'

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

'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."

US dollar perched on fragile house of cards.

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

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

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%."

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

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

"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.'

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

Recession

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

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

World Economics

The hourglass figure of economic injustice.

'Profit in the garbage.'

"Since when did economists become sociologists?!"

We pay the maximum minimum wage.

'Some think we economic forecasters speak a lot of Mumbo Jumbo'

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

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

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