Ghostly Economists Gifts

'You owe income tax, social security tax, and of course, death tax.'

'And I'm happy to say, that since the merger...'

Is this your idea of a joke, Findlay...?

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

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

Chicken - "The Dow is falling...the dow is falling..."

"For my next trick, I shall turn four consecutive quarters of losses into a positive outlook going forward."

'Voodoo economics was bad enough, but this voodoo foreign policy....'

A few Halloween costume ideas.

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

'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

"Italy's national debt runs into trillions. How do you repossess a country?"

"Honey, come quick! I think I just bought Greece on Ebay!"

'The people who've been running our economy say we don't have to worry about global warming.'

"Your job will be to make these results look Stellar."

Never mind spring. What do you predict for the economy?

'What can we do to reduce our spending?'

Good Things About the Iraq War

"You do realize selling your soul will be considered a capital gain."

'Sorry, lad, but I lost all me gold during the recession. All I can give ya is a buck thirty in change!'

Kid's Lemonade Stand Has A High Pricing Policy

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

'Greenspan was back for a guest appearance. He didn't say it's gonna be a bear market. He said it's a beware market!'

"Eternity isn't so bad - as long as I can keep track of how my earthly investments are doing."

"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.'

"I see you getting rich because of what the gold in your rings is now bringing."

Iain Duncan Smith: Welfare reform

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

Cave Men - Early Business Failures.

Flat tax

'We'll know if capitalism is in real trouble if the rich stop getting richer.'

"Leading economic indicators tell me I should go shopping."