Folks came from afar just to see
Two Economists who’d agreed to agree.
While the event did take place,
It proved a disgrace;
They agreed one plus one adds to three.
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One day, the professor who taught Money and Banking in Buenos Aires told us: “I do not know if you will find a job as economists, but am sure you will know why you are going to be poor”
Oct
25
Not all Germans believe in God but they believe in the Bundesbank”
Jacques Delors former president of European Commission
in FT December 15,1998
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25
A game theorist was talking to a group of psychologists at a conference. The conversation turned to children. He said that he does not intend his children to get any money from him now that they are grown. “In fact, if I have so much as a penny to my name on the day I die, it will only be because I miscalculated my utility.”
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25
Student 1″ ‘Do you know what are the two most important degrees in economics?”
Student 2:”The MSc and the PhD?” Student 1:”No, the zeroth and the first!”
Oct
25
Copying an idea from an author is plagiarism. Copying many ideas from many authors is… research !!
Oct
25
1. Think short term.
2. Be greedy.
3. Believe in the greater fool
4. Run with the herd.
5. Overgeneralize
6. Be trendy
7. Play with other people’s money
Oct
25
Q: Why do Economists provide estimates of inflation to the nearest tenth of a percent?
A: To prove they have a sense of humour.
Oct
25
Q: Why do Economists provide estimates of inflation to the nearest tenth of a percent?
A: To prove they have a sense of humour.
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25
Q: Why do social workers refuse to sleep with economists?
A: They have learned its a sunk cost.