You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. You retire on the income.
Chinese Economics
You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity and arrest anyone reporting the actual numbers.
Indian Economics
You have two cows. You worship them.
Pakistan Economics
You don'™t have any cows. You claim that the Indian cows belong to you. You ask the US for financial aid, China for military aid, Britain for warplanes, Italy for machines, Germany for technology, France for submarines, Switzerland for loans, Russia for drugs, and Japan for equipment. You buy the cows with all this and claim of exploitation by the world.
Philippine Economics
You have two cows. You kidnapped the other cows and charged the owners millions of money for a month of board and lodging.
American Economics
You have two cows. You sell one and force the other to produce milk of four cows. You profess surprise when the cow drops dead. You put the blame on some nation with cows and naturally that nation will be a danger to mankind. You wage war to save the world and grab the cows.
French Economics
You have two cows. You go on strike because you wanted three.
German Economics
You have two cows. You re-engineer them so that they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
British Economics
You have two cows. They are both mad.
Italian Economics
You have two cows. You don’t know where they are. You break for lunch.
Swiss Economics
You have 5,000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.
Japanese Economics
You have two cows. You re-design them so that they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a cute cartoon cow images called Cowkemon and market them worldwide.
Russian Economics
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 17 cows. You give up counting and open another bottle of vodka.
(Reposted: September 9, 2007)
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