global economics demystified

GLOBAL ECONOMICS DEMYSTIFIED

>SOCIALISM:
>You have 2 cows and you give one to your neighbor.

>COMMUNISM:
>You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and gives you some milk.

>FASCISM:
>You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and sells you some milk.

>NAZISM:
>You have 2 cows. The Government takes both and shoots you.

>BUREAUCRATISM:
>You have 2 cows; the Government takes both, shoots one, milks the
>other and 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.

>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
>dropped dead.

>A FRENCH CORPORATION:
>You have two cows. You go on strike 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 them Worldwide.

>A GERMAN CORPORATION:
>You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat
>once amonth, and milk themselves.

>A BRITISH CORPORATION:
>You have two cows. Both are mad.

>AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:
>You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break
for
>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 which belong to you. You charge others for
>storing them.

>A CHINESE CORPORATION:
>You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full
>employment,
>high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the
>numbers.

>AN ARKANSAS CORPORATION:
>You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda cute...

>AN INDIAN CORPORATION:
>You have two cows. You worship them and die of hunger.

>A PAKISTANI CORPORATION
>You have two cow's. You eat one for lunch and one for dinner,
then
>blame India for lack of cows