> TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS > ------------------------------------------ > You have two cows. > You sell one and buy a bull. > Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. > You retire on the income. > > > AMERICAN ECONOMICS > ------------------------------------- > You have two cows. > You sell one and force the other to produce the > milk of four cows. > You profess surprise when the cow drops dead. > > JAPANESE ECONOMICS > ------------------------------------- > You have two cows. > You redesign them so that they are one-tenth the > size > of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the > milk. > You then create cute cartoon cow images called > Cowkimon and market them worldwide. > > FRENCH ECONOMICS > --------------------------------- > You have two cows. > You go on strike because you want three cows. > > > GERMAN ECONOMICS > ---------------------------------- > You have two cows. > You reengineer them so that they live for 100 > years, > eat once a month and milk themselves. > > > BRITISH ECONOMICS > --------------------------------- > You have two cows. > They are both mad cows. > > > ITALIAN ECONOMICS > -------------------------------- > You have two cows. > You don't know where they are. > You break for lunch. > > > SWISS ECONOMICS > ------------------------------- > You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. > You charge others for storing them. > > > RUSSIAN ECONOMICS > ---------------------------------- > 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 17 cows. > You give up counting and open another bottle of > Vodka. > > CHINESE ECONOMICS > ---------------------------------- > You have two cows. > You have 300 people milking them. > You claim full employment, high bovine > productivity > and arrest anyone reporting the actual numbers. > > > PAKISTAN ECONOMICS > ------------------------------------ > You dont have any cows! > You claim that the Indian cows belong to you. > You ask the US for financial aid, China for > military > aid, British for Warplanes, Italy for machines, > Germany for technology, French for submarines, > Switzerland for loans,Russia for drugs > and Japan for equipment.You buy the cows with all > this and claim of exploitation by the world. > > > INDIAN ECONOMICS > ------------------------------- > You have two cows. > You worship them.