Wealth Philosophers Pillows

'Thanks, stranger! I'm an eccentric millionaire who gave away his fortune to good Samaritans, so may I have a buck for a cup of coffee?'

US dollar perched on fragile house of cards.

Tempest in a Teapot

"It's time to get politics out of money."

'I'm worried about all these unemployed. They're still on our payroll'

'. . .actually I'm not a real Guru, I was forced up here originally by the property prices.'

Counting dollars

'The growing disparity of income is a tribute to our acumen.'

'Maximising shareholder value doesn't count.'

"The problem with capitalism is the unequal sharing of wealth. The problem with socialism is the equal sharing of wealth..."

"I can't understand it, we did quite well in the first three quarters.

'You can't fire me! I'm too big to fail!'

World Economics

You would have to work decades to make what many CEO's do in an hour.

Unconditional Surrender

'Some think we economic forecasters speak a lot of Mumbo Jumbo'

'They're just a few bored students with some vague ideology. They'll be gone and forgotten in no time.'

"Life isn't fair, and that's what makes it fun."

"This 'laying up treasures in heaven' thing - Is it some kind of tax dodge or what?"

'Of course, in the long term we're all extinct.'

'The economy today got a boost from Alan Greenspan, who said it's O.K. to be irrationally exuberant.'

"If that income is personal, why do I have to tell you about it"?

"I, too, hate being a greedy bastard, but we have a responsibility to our shareholders."

Insecurity hits Wall Street

Ireland and its Celtic Tiger request some donations

'Less spare change under the cushion is my leading economic indicator!'

A happy poor man is given money by a rich man and is no longer happy.

The rich, the poor and the terrorist...

Nasty, Shady, and Gruesome equal Massive potential profits

We've been coming here for decades, but I still don't understand their idea that the richest person is the one with the most money.

Recession - A Zen Mindfulness Retreat

Teaching evolution in the business schools.

"Sir - it appears you and a few others have 98% of all the money that presently exists in America...nobody has the money to buy anything."

'It's true that money can't buy everything, Caldwell, but it's not healthy to dwell on it.'

"We must do something about the bloated, fat cat image bankers have a acquired...I think I'll settle for a bigger chair!"