Archive for the 'Economy' Category
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. Maybe […]
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 the […]
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 cows.
You sell one, and force […]
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 we’re […]
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 Primer […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGqroT1FZ5Y
Anyone wishing that they had paid more attention in A Level Economics? Me too.
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