Economics explaned with cows

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Economic Models explained with cows:




SOCIALISM: You have two cows, and you give one to your neighbour.

COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM: You have two cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk.

BUREAUCRATISM: You have two cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, then throws the milk away.

SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.

AMERICAN CAPITALISM: 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.

BRITISH CAPITALISM: You have two cows. The State take one cow as bovine tax, sells it, and uses the profits to buy cows for the unemployed. The unemployed get 3 cows and are exempt from bovine tax.

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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.

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.

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 SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5,000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.