Future Economists Pillows

Freshers' week societies - 'Debt', 'Poverty' and 'No Money'.

"So remember son, if you study hard and keep focused in your job you too can probably not quite reach the same standard of living as your dad."

"Stock options for your thoughts."

Build Your Own Portfolio

'But Dad, all the other kids get a roth IRA as part of their allowance package.'

'I know about the birds and the bees. Tell me about the bears and the bulls.'

"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."

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

"Apparently, when the tide came in, a lot of castles went bust."

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

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

"I'll go to my room and do my homework, but I want time and a half."

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

"So much for password protected."

The Great Leap Forward

"Dad, this is Wendy, she's going to re-negotiate my allowance!"

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

The burden of carrying the Euro.

'This graph may need some explaining...'

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

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

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

'Bedtime stories at the Browns'.'

"We've decided to diversify our funds on some candy!"

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

'In the future, if we're a little late with your allowance, don't just automatically turn it over to a collection agency.'

'I've crunched the numbers and you can afford to increase my allowance by 15.5%.'

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

Tomorrow's world 2165.

"The treasury has hacked into his computer and asked for ideas to solve the deficit"

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

Overdraft limit.

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

"Here's the remote to your smart home. It's big, but the good news is you'll never lose it."

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