Tuesday, July 30, 2013

21 economic models explained with cows

It   has  been  shared  a  million  time,  once  more:

                                       
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  you r 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 cows.
The one on the left looks very attractive

1 comment:

  1. LOL hilarious !!!! thanks for sharing ! The indian one is epic !

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