Cow economics.  I like the Aussies way of thinkin. Cheers!

> 
> And here's a little synthesized economic modeling with cows I thought timely
> in light of the challenges our world faces ahead... Curiously accurate?
> 
> 
> SOCIALISM
> You have 2 cows.
> You give one to your neighbour.
> 
> COMMUNISM
> You have 2 cows.
> The State takes both and gives you some milk.
> 
> FASCISM
> You have 2 cows.
> The State takes both and sells you some milk.
> 
> NAZISM
> You have 2 cows.
> The State takes both and shoots you.
> 
> BUREAUCRATISM
> You have 2 cows.
> The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws
> the milk
> away...
> 
> 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.
> 
> SURREALISM
> You have two giraffes.
> The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
> 
> 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.
> 
> AN INVESTMENT BANK
> You have two cows.
> You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using
> letters of
> credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a
> debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get
> all four
> cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
> The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an
> intermediary to a
> Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who
> sells
> the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.
> The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option
> on one
> more.
> You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States,
> leaving you
> with nine cows.
> No balance sheet provided with the release.
> The public then buys your bull.
> 
> A FRENCH CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you
> want
> three cows.
> 
> 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.
> 
> A GERMAN CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month,
> and milk
> themselves.
> 
> AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
> You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
> You decide to have lunch.
> 
> 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.
> 
> A SWISS CORPORATION
> You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.
> You charge the owners for storing them.
> 
> A CHINESE CORPORATION
> 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.
> 
> AN INDIAN CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> You worship them.
> 
> A BRITISH CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> Both are mad.
> 
> AN IRAQI CORPORATION
> Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
> You tell them that you have none.
> No-one believes you, so they bomb the sh#t out of you and invade
> your
> country.
> You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a
> Democracy...
> 
> AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> Business seems pretty good.
> You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.