Economy Thinkers Mugs

"It would be better with a protein, but add-ons are so expensive."

"Stock options for your thoughts."

"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."

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

"The little engine that could... after taking advantage of family connections, a trust fund, working two years for free as an intern, and finally getting hired as an independent contractor."

'It's good to be here. We're having economic problems where we come from.'

'Let's hope the new norm means that less really is more.'

"In the current market, it's just more practical."

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"C'mon people! All for me and me for me!"

Largest passenger aircraft ever built. "Why does it have to be so big?" "We had to make extra room for all the subsidy money."

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

"If CEO pay packets aren't a problem, why doesn't everyone get one?"

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

The Great Leap Forward

'This graph may need some explaining...'

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

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

'I don't know about the ecosystem, but the economy seems to be on the upswing.'

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

'The good news is that we're making huge profits - the bad news is that we won't be getting a bailout.'

'Bedtime stories at the Browns'.'

"There may be a moral equivalent of war, but, by God, there is not moral equivalent of money."

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

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

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

'Ferguson here will explain the 'worst case scenario' of Social Security Privatization.'

Recession

'Let your people go? - after all the trouble I went to getting them full employment?'