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> > Economics made easy
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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. 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 buys your bull.
> >
> > AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
> > You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the
> > milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops 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 clever cow cartoon images called ‘Cowkimon’
> > and market them
> > World-Wide.
> >
> > A GERMAN CORPORATION
> > You have two cows.
> > You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month,
> > 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 12 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 and high bovine productivity.
> > You have the newsman who reported on the numbers arrested.
> >
> > AN INDIAN CORPORATION
> > You have two cows.
> > You worship them.
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