Roller Coaster Economists Gifts

Stock Hurricane Ride

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

Very Difficult Conversations

'Relax, it's just like riding a rollercoaster.'

End the Winter Blues

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

Bookshop: Unpopular Economics

Wild Weather Ride - 2005.

"Tunnel of love"

Riding the Rollercoaster.

Giraffe Rollercoaster

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

'The trouble with Nigel is that he's so changeable. One minute I love him and the next minute I loathe him.'

"Phew! I'm glad this part of the ride is over..."

Tunnel of Spotty Wi-Fi

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

"We're making progress."

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

"Oh no! You, again?"

'This is where the company started handing out sick bags!'

Mother and child riding a DNA rollercoaster.

Economic

Sign reading "Bought High; Sold Low."

Kid's Lemonade Stand Has A High Pricing Policy

Rollercoaster police chase.

"Are you trying to tell me something, dearest?"

"By the time Edith thought to complain about her new stairlift, she was already airborne."

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

"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."

The 8.05 to Wall Street.

"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.'

More toxic assets.