Economic Models explained with cows‏

1. SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbor.

2. COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.

3. FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.

4. NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.

5. BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk
away...

6. 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.

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

8. 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 analyse why the cow has dropped dead.

10. A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.

11. 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 it worldwide.

12. A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

13. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.

14. 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.

15. A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows.
None of them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.

16. A CHINESE
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.

17. A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.