Quirky Economists Gifts

'Would you care to settle the matter of your loan with a penalty shoot-out?'

At the Corona fair

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

'... And this is Goldsmith, our futures consultant.'

Musical Accompaniment to Household Chores.

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

Bookshop: Unpopular Economics

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

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

'If America's economy is so bad how can we afford a billion dollars on presidential campaigns?'

How Trickle Down Economics Work

'For the economy to improve we're counting on a 'trickle down' from the super-wealthy to the wealthy.'

'The bailouts worked, the stock market shot up to 15,000 and everyone was relieved.'

A few Halloween costume ideas.

This horse isn't dead. It's just sleeping.

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

"We're making progress."

Deposits insured by the U.S. Government (which has a $4.2 trillion debt).

'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

'In an effort to make our economic reporting and projections more accurate, our resident weatherman will be delivering the economic news.'

'What can we do to reduce our spending?'

"So the only way to save the economy is to spend what we haven't got - plus ca change - moin ca change!"

Investments: Still Open to New Investors - 'A fool & his money fund.'

'It will bring economic benefits to the North and Midlands.'

Assets $2,400,000,000 Liabilities $4,6000,000,000 Government Bailout $2,200,000,000

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

How Supply-Side Economics Works.

Kid's Lemonade Stand Has A High Pricing Policy

"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!"

EuroPygmees

"...Or we could give to the rich, and it would just trickle down to the poor."

'We can tell the public, ' the good news is we've eliminated the middleman, The bad news is we've eliminated a lot of other jobs.''

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