Archive for the 'Economy' Category

Spoof Big Three Bail-Out Ad

And so it goes on: more jokes based on the fall-out from the financial crisis. This one didn’t exactly make me laugh, but it did raise a smile. I particularly like the (very insightful) small-print. You probably thought it was smart to buy a foreign import of superior quality, with better mileage and resale value. [...]

Bleed The World

I know I shouldn’t laugh really, but it’s hard not to: charity record Feed The World re-imagined for the credit crunch as Bleed The World – give money for those who will only be able to afford one Ferrari this year. I have to say that if nothing else the global financial armageddon has been [...]

Cow Economics

Popbitch has an amusing little thing called cow economics. It uses the idea of owning cows to describe various different types of economic systems. A couple of my favourites include: AN ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are. You decide to have lunch AN AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two [...]

Next Week’s Economist?

Some bright spark has done a bit of photo-shopping to supposedly show next week’s Economist cover. It made me laugh (but then I’ve always been easily amused). I actually read The Economist whenever I travel and, on my way back from Dublin, read this week’s issue – apparently it’s not all the banker’s fault, and [...]

How Subprime Really Works

  Once again I’m showing how fashionably out of touch I am by posting something months after everyone else. Still, what the hell – we’ll all be living in cardboard boxes and trying to learn the words to ‘Brother Can You Spare A Dime‘ in a couple of months, and then who found The Subprime [...]

Is It Just Me

Anyone wishing that they had paid more attention in A Level Economics? Me too.


Obviously everything on this site is the opinion of me, Ciarán Norris, and no-one else, including my employers and anyone else I know. I guess that it's probably obvious, but thought I should probably make it explicit. Anyway, enjoy!