World Economics Explorer Mugs

'Believe me - I'm talking to Mr Hu Jintao in plain language!'

"Another week another dollar, Jenkins"

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

Phrenology bust with sections for different currencies.

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

Great Chinese Dynasties

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

The economy.

'Today the stock market was moribund, as growth equities sputtered and bonds dipped due to the inverted yield curve. I'd translate that into layman's terms...but they don't pay me enough.'

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

Made in China

World Economic Crisis.

'You have to reconcile your gross habits with your net income.'

'For an explanation of the financial terms of this loan, please enroll in a continuing-education economics class at your local community college.'

Kids ask repetitively: 'Is the recession over yet?'

'well of course I'm giving your portfolio the attention it deserves, I'm even wearing a black armband!'

Economy

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

Russia Money Laundering

Manufacturing will take place in China...So what role does Europe have?...you borrow money to be the customer

Largest passenger aircraft ever built. "Why does it have to be so big?" "We had to make extra room for all the subsidy money."

"It's simple supply and demand. The shorter the supply, the more money we demand."

Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and David Cameron are ecstatic about the possibility of a free trade agreement between the U.S. and the European Union.

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

"It's swings and roundabouts – one goes up the other goes down."

"Everything's gone up."

'Stocks rose on the rumor that the market is mostly rumor-driven.'

"We may have to rob from the rich AND the poor."

Wealth Juggler.

I work for a not for profit business. Mind you, two years ago it was a 'for profit' business.