Idea Economy Explorer Gifts

The Economy of Ideas

"Another week another dollar, Jenkins"

"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

Today we'll see some misused or misunderstood financial and economic terms. It's said inflation can hurt the economy. But it's absolutely in the tire business. I bought this warm puffy jacket with cash. A down payment. We like beer and coffee. Our most valuable liquid assets. In a monopoly breakup, the race car would to go one person and the dog to another. And when I become either a buyer or a seller. He's shorting the market!

The first car accident.

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

The economy.

'Today the stock market was moribund, as growth equities sputtered and bonds dipped due to the inverted yield curve. I'd translate that into layman's terms...but they don't pay me enough.'

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

Artifishial Intelligence

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

"Those new coffee drones are really starting to get on my nerves."

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

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

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

"I believe I can create a great presentation if I can only tap into my cognitive dissonance."

Russia Money Laundering

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

The dangerous world of the armchair thinker

Economy

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

"I don't think our smart home likes the color we painted it. It keeps spitting it out."

Kids ask repetitively: 'Is the recession over yet?'

Manufacturing will take place in China...So what role does Europe have?...you borrow money to be the customer

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

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

"I'm afraid your Apple goggles aren't compatible with your X brain implant."

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

'Stocks rose on the rumor that the market is mostly rumor-driven.'