GLOBAL ECONOMICS DEMYSTIFIED

GLOBAL ECONOMICS DEMYSTIFIED

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

COMMUNISM:
You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and gives
you some milk.

FASCISM:
You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and sells
you some milk.

NAZISM:
You have 2 cows. The Government takes both and shoots
you.

BUREAUCRATISM:
You have 2 cows; the Government takes both, shoots
one, milks the other and 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 retire on the income.

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 dropped dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You go on strike 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 them
Worldwide.

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

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

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
You break for 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 which belong to you. You
charge others for storing them.

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

AN ARKANSAS CORPORATION:
You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda
cute...

AN INDIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You worship them and die of hunger.
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