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Economics explained with cows

Postby Forever Jung » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:50 pm

:twisted: SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbor.


COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.

ULTRA FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.

BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away...

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and asap and retire on the income.

SURREALISM
You have two giraffes.
The government requires you to take harmonica lessons

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead.

ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by
your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated
general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island
Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven
cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows,
with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States,
leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then
buys your bull.

A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide.


A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
You count them again and learn you have 2 cows.
You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.

A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.

AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
You tell them that you have none.
No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country.
You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of Democracy....

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two sheep.
The one on the left looks very attractive.
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Re: Economics explained with cows

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:15 pm

:lol: Superb stuff!

I particularly like the Enron one.
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Re: Economics explained with cows

Postby CatNamedRudy » Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:45 am

:thumbright:
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Re: Economics explained with cows

Postby Karin » Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:17 pm

:lol: Love the Italian one.
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Re: Economics explained with cows

Postby barnaclelapse » Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:43 pm

Good stuff. I especially liked the British corporation one.
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Re: Economics explained with cows

Postby Dorset Girl » Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:44 pm

The 'surrealism' one is my favourite!
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Re: Economics explained with cows

Postby welshben23 » Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:09 pm

Forever Jung wrote::twisted: A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two sheep.
The one on the left looks very attractive.


:lol: Before anybody says it! Shouldn't this be THE WELSH CORPORATION? :P
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Re: Economics explained with cows

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:11 pm

welshben23 wrote:
Forever Jung wrote::twisted: A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two sheep.
The one on the left looks very attractive.


:lol: Before anybody says it! Shouldn't this be THE WELSH CORPORATION? :P


I assumed it was a typo :wink:
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