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?'

'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.

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

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

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

'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).

'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?'

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

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

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

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

'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

How Supply-Side Economics Works.

'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.''

EuroPygmees

"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."

'Our survey shows there's more confidence in shopping coupons that the dollar...'