Fledgling Economist Mugs

My lemonade stand went belly-up. I need a bail-out.

"What do you think I can get for it on the blackboard market?"

"Actually, I used them as collateral for a loan."

Bookshop: Unpopular Economics

'You raised the price of air to 50c!' 'Inflation.'

'Today, emerging market funds rose on news the American dream is alive and well in Thailand, Singapore, China. . .'

A few Halloween costume ideas.

'I suppose if we had some money we could buy sand from each other.'

The average taxpayer will ultimately embrace the auto industry bailout. Hell, we sold em all that useless undercoating for all these years!

Banker stepping into 'New image' in 'Savings and Loans' office

'I feel I owe a lot to my country.' - 'So, you haven't paid your income tax again.'

'What can we do to reduce our spending?'

'I'm an economist, but I try not to take myself too seriously.'

Economic

"Harold finds painting very therapeutic."

'Once they noticed your tail wagging, they stopped upping their offer.'

"Well, I thought of it as an innovative economic stimulus package, but the jury insisted on calling it securities fraud!"

Kid's Lemonade Stand Has A High Pricing Policy

Meet the First-time Novelist....

"I see a vague figure of someone groping...groping...groping..Yes, yes, it's coming in more clearly now! It seems to be—yes, it is a man! The man has a briefcase! And some papers! The man is an economist!"

"We're trying to put the fun back into filing taxes."

"With expenses like ingredients, supplies, marketing, packaging, handling and payment processing, a cup of lemonade costs $50."

'If we let this happen, soon we'll be swamped in chain stores.'

Cave Men - Early Business Failures.

'Well, that was when a pretty rock was worth a pretty rock...'

'And for those of you with weird brains, here is the financial news...'

'In life I was scorned for worshipping the Almighty Dollar.'

'My dad showed me how to make awesome paper airplanes out of corporate bonds.'

Akme National Bank: Our Assets Can Whip Your Assets.

'Yeah it looks like we finally caught that peeping tom...'

"We steal gold from the rich and sell it to a metals broker. They make a prfit on their buy and sell spread and share a portion of that with us. Then, after the skimming and the rebates, we give to the poor."

Economic Theory Cards

'Eddie, how about emerging Far East funds? The rumor is that China will come out with a velcro chopstick!'

'The dollar and I seem to be weakening at the same rate!'

"Let's eat lunch in the park and play 'Guess that Stranger's Tax Bracket.'"