Urban Economist Gifts

"Uh, Dad, I appreciate the 'walkin' around money,' but I need 'walkin' around New York City money.'"

'Please, sir, help me open a kick starter account...'

"My monthly screen time went up from 62 hours to ‘Holy #@!*’."

Thrift: New way to eat eggs (avoid needless transport costs).

"Manhatten Brooklyn Hoboken Long Island"

The burden of carrying the Euro.

"Yes!" "Excellent!" The Daily Bug City considers pesticides ban

"Oh, you know - wearing light clothing, drinking plenty of liquids, and avoiding strenuous activity."

Run, Mike, Run!

'I told my wife to run the house like a business. So she sold it to an American corporation.'

Hard Hat Area/Hard Nosed Area.

'See, Jimmy, as the population grows too dense, the rats begin to brutalize each other...'

Urban cops protecting a flower growing in the city.

"Just think how much we could save if we switched the heating off altogether."

'With the economy the way it is, I'm going to have to let one of you go.'

"We call it, 'Green meadows' because that's what it was before we decided to build on it."

Preserve these Wetlands.

Traders joining Wall Street protests

"I think it's time we cashed in our spare change. We could probably pay off our house."

The Heating Oil Problem.

"If the nanny state wants us to solve the housing crisis they need to get out of the way and let us learn from the leaders in the field..."

How to save on your heating bill...

Hudson River Crouton

'Wow, the support for legalizing marijuana is really picking up!'

Tree's Tree Nursery. Of course we can plant them. We'll be right over! $. It's the only hedge fund I can get behind. Tree's Trees.

"I gotta go. I see an opening in the maelstrom."

We all have our little problems, Alansky. Unfortunately, you're one of those who gets fired for them.

"... but this is Emily Dickinson and that's a car alarm!"

'You told me I should run the house like a business, so what am I bid for dinner?'

'Been toying with commodities again, have we?'

'Do you not have a dictionary?'

'I feel like doing a little writing tonight. Where's the checkbook?'

The various stages of pandemic paper towel usage.

"Don't be late - I'm making moldy meat and orange peels over coffee grinds with a side of egg shells."

"It was the cheapest way for us to cover the potholes."