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21 Economic Models explained with Cows:


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..

NAZISM
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 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....

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

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive