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 <!-- toctype = X-unknown --><!-- toctype = text --><!-- text -->