Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day With Some Economic Limericks
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we thought it was a excellent time to point out a blog the specializes in economic-themed limericks.
Haiku has a special house in the hearts of economists, but as prominent in that post the limerick is a favorite form of ours here at Real Time Economics.
Limericks Économiques, a blog by David A. Lefkovits, posts a daily limerick that focuses on the dismal science and often is associated to the news of the day.
These are a couple of our favorites from the blog:
“I’m worried,” said Bernanke to Geithner,
“The debt crisis still has lots of bite in ‘er.
Though it may cause some ranklin’
I’ll print lots more Franklins:
We’ll loosen our money, not tighten ‘er!”
Adam Smith saw the on the rise Wealth of Nations}
In the market’s compassionate scheming,
But belief in the Hand
Which, Unseen, guides as plotted,
May show irrational expectations.
Said Bernanke, stroking his beard,
“This ‘-flation’ is worse than I feared;
All the research I see
Is pointing to ‘de-’;
It’s the ‘in-’ crowd that strikes me as weird.”
One called “Overheard at Goldman Sachs”:
“We assume that you know what you’re doing,
In this ill-advised trade you’re pursuing,
But the opposite bet
That we house on your debt
May eventually hasten your ruin.”
One during Sen. Jim Bunning (R., Ky.)’s filibuster of the jobs bill:
When Senator Bunning demurred
On the jobs bill the Senate conferred,
His friends on the right
Slowly backed out of sight,
‘Til at last the poor Senator concurred.
And this one inspired by a Journal article:
Said the skinflint economist, Betts,
“To the conference we’ll send our regrets.”
Said her mate, “What’s the reason?
The rates are off-season.”
Said Betts: “If they’ll pay for it, let’s.”
Finally, let us offer our own humble contribution:
With Washington stuck in gridlock
And more of our stuff up in hock
Limericks are a sure way
To brighten your day
Just don’t get caught reading them on the timer.