Economic Systems for Dummies - Thx to Chris Long

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.... See More

NAZISM: you have 2 cows. the government takes both and shoots you.

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: you have 2 cows. you sell one and buy a bull. your herd multiplies and the economy grows. you sell them and retire on the income.

AMERICAN CORPORATION: you have 2 cows. you sell one and force the other to produce the milk of 4 cows. later you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow dropped dead.

FRENCH CORPORATION: you have two cows. you go on strike because you want 3.

JAPANESE CORPORATION: you have 2 cows. you re-design them so they are one-tenth the size of a normal cow and produce twenty times the milk.

GERMAN CORPORATION: you have 2 cows. you re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month and milk themselves.

ITALIAN CORPORATION: you have 2 cows. you don't know where they are. you stop for lunch.

RUSSIAN CORPORATION: you have 2 cows. you count them again, 5. you count them again, 43. you count them again, 2. you stop counting and open another bottle of vodka.

SWISS CORPORATION: you have 5000 cows. none of them belongs to you. you charge others for storing them.

CHINESE CORPORATION: you have 2 cows. you have 300 people milking them. you claim full employment, high bovine activity and you arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.

INDIAN CORPORATION: you have 2 cows. you worship them.

BRITISH CORPORATION: you have 2 cows. both are mad.

AFRICAN CORPORATION: you have 2 cows. you eat one and marry a wife for your son with the other.

Author...unknown, and in hiding from all the corporations.