I know that it’s the silly season, but there are things that should be a joke, but unfortunately aren’t. Apparently, the good burghers of Fermanagh District Council has sent a letter of support to Sean Quinn and his family. For…
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When Will Quinn Apologise To Ireland?
Tagged with: Anglo-Irish Bank, Fermanagh District Council, Quinn Insurance, Sean Quinn
Posted in Economy
Posted in Economy
Apple Makes Money Isn’t Man Bites Dog
There’s been an awful lot of coverage of Apple’s most recent financial results. The results were (kind of) incredible, but even so, the level of coverage seems slightly overblown. MG Siegler, no stranger to the Apple love letter, manages 1,085…
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…
Posted in Economy
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…
Posted in Economy
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…
Posted in Economy
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…
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…
Is It Just Me
Anyone wishing that they had paid more attention in A Level Economics? Me too.
Posted in Economy
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