Economic Models explained with cows:

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>> Economic Models explained with cows:
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>> SOCIALISM: You have 2 cows, and you give one to your
>> neighbour.
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>> COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and
>> gives you some milk.
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>> FASCISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and
>> sells you some milk.
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>> NAZISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and
>> shoots you.
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>> BUREAUCRATISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both,
>> shoots one, milks the other, then throws the milk
>> away...
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>> 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.
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>> SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government
>> requires you to take harmonica lessons
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>> 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 analyse why the
>> cow has dropped dead.
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>> SHINAWATRA 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. Sell one cow, leaving you with
>> nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release.
>> The public buys your bull.
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>> THE ANDERSEN MODEL: You have two cows. You shred them.
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>> A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on
>> strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because
>> you want three cows.
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>> 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.
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>> A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You
>> re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once
>> a month, and milk themselves.
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>> AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you
>> don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
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>> 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.
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>> A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows. None of them
>> belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
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>> A CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300
>> people milking them. You claim that you have full
>> employment, and high bovine productivity, and arrest
>> the newsman who reported the real situation.
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>> AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship
>> them.
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>> A BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are
>> mad.
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>> 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 a Democracy... .
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>> A WELSH CORPORATION: You have two cows. The one on the
>> left looks very attractive.
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>> AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. Business
>> seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a
>> few beers to celebrate.