EconHumour: What if Economists Were Computer Viruses?

Have you tried to understand the difference between economic systems in different countries – but simply can’t get your head around it? Last time out, EconomyWatch.com used cows as an analogy. This time, we’re using something that affects many of us in our daily lives, especially as we grow increasingly reliant on computers and the internet: Computer Viruses.

Have you tried to understand the difference between economic systems in different countries – but simply can’t get your head around it? Last time out, EconomyWatch.com used cows as an analogy. This time, we’re using something that affects many of us in our daily lives, especially as we grow increasingly reliant on computers and the internet: Computer Viruses.

Related: Economics Humor: Cows Explain Complex Political Systems

INTEREST GROUP ECONOMIST VIRUS

Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of the computer.

ECONOMETRICIAN VIRUS

Sixty percent of the PCs infected will lose 38 percent of their data 14 percent of the time (plus or minus a 3.5 percent margin of error)

POLITICAL THINK TANK ECONOMIST VIRUS

Doesn’t do anything, but you can’t get rid of it until next election.

GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS 

Nothing works on your system, but all your diagnostic software says everything is just fine.

MARXIAN ECONOMIST VIRUS

Helps your computer shut down whenever it wants to.

SOVIET ECONOMIST VIRUS

Crashes your computer, but denies it ever happened.

MAINSTREAM ECONOMIST VIRUS

It claims it feels threatened by the other files on your PC and erases then in “self-defense.”

CENTRAL BANK ECONOMIST VIRUS

Makes sure that it’s bigger than any other file.

MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION ECONOMIST VIRUS

Deletes all monetary files, but keeps smiling and sending messages about how the economy is going to get better.

SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMIST VIRUS

Puts your computer to sleep for four years. When your computer wakes up, you’re trillion more dollars in debt.

NEW ECONOMY VIRUS

Also known as the “Tricky Dick Virus.” You can wipe it out, but it always makes a comeback.

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIST VIRUS

Before allowing you to delete any file, it first asks you if you’ve considered the alternatives.

 

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