Fiscal Explorer Mugs

After income tax, pension and national insurance I end up owing £450.

"You can't hide from us!"

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

Phrenology bust with sections for different currencies.

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

Great Chinese Dynasties

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

The economy.

'You know the economy's in trouble when the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans only has 350 names on it.'

'Do you think we should tell anyone about this?'

'You have to reconcile your gross habits with your net income.'

'For an explanation of the financial terms of this loan, please enroll in a continuing-education economics class at your local community college.'

Economy

'well of course I'm giving your portfolio the attention it deserves, I'm even wearing a black armband!'

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

Fiscal Compass for the Global Investor.

"It's simple supply and demand. The shorter the supply, the more money we demand."

Bookstore. The Stock Market for Dummies. It's either an instructional guide or a history of recent economics.

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

"Everything's gone up."

"It's swings and roundabouts – one goes up the other goes down."

Lots of famous art may have been inspired by taxes. Jackson Pollack's "Number 5" could be a visual representation of global regulations. And perhaps Rodin's "The Thinker" is a man trying to understand those rules. Maybe Roy Lichtenstein's "Ohhh ... Alright ..." shows a woman being told to continue holding to get her tax question answered. And they there's Edvard Munch's "The Scream" ... Nothing makes you feel like that more than preparing a tax return!

Wealth Juggler.

I work for a not for profit business. Mind you, two years ago it was a 'for profit' business.

'The best grants lie that-a-ways, Ma'am.'

"Seriously, do you expect us to believe you put on 143 feet a day in business travel?"

Economy.

Statue of Liberty and the Financial Crisis

"If you really must know, Junior, yes, you were a market correction."

'All we can do is remind the stockholders that money isn't everything.'

Long and Short term investments.

'We were in the right place at the right time but, unfortunately, we were in the wrong time zone.'

'In a Washington economic summit, a panel of three economists offered two dozen opinions about the direction of global economics.'