Dr. Goose's Economical Limericks

"The sight of the Gulf with this slick in it, Hits my stomach so hard it may sicken it, So please get me the name Of the ass who...

"Well gents, I hain't got the stomach To see 'ow far our share price will plummeck So let's shear off the top And sipho...

"Triple-A," admits Warren Buffett, "Is a term one may rightfully scoff at, But as owner of Moody's, I'll tell you ...

Said the banker: "My friend, It occurs to me That you seem just like Standard and Poor's to me; Though your scruples are real, I...

A CDO analyst from Moody's Confessed: "I've neglected my duties. We'll soon be downgrading Some triple-A ratings When e...

Announced Commerce: "US inflation's The lowest in two generations." In recession so deep, Our labor is cheap, Which is no ...

Says Herr Pöhl , ex- Bundesbank president,  "This bailout's akin to embezzlement .  Greek tycoons and French banks  Owe my count...

The story of deepwater drilling Is laden with dangers quite chilling; Says BP's Tony Hayward: "Our safety, though wayward, Will...

Josef Ackermann deftly explained Why Greece has the markets so strained: Like a wellhead that leaks, A default by the Greeks Could proba...

Wall Street's "too big to fail" titans Had a quarter so good that it frightens; On the trading parquet ,   They made money ...

The limerick started with Lear, Who could tell us, if he were still here, That the soul of good wit Is to carefully fit In five lines al...

Fannie Mae wrote the Treasury a letter For a bailout that's eight billion better; Although Fannie and Fred Were both presumed dead, ...

Said CFTC Chairman Gensler To Geithner, "Are we among friends, sir? (I'd like to say how They whipsawed the Dow, But I really d...

While coaxing the PIGS from the trough, Some bankers developed a cough, Which an I.T. snafu Turned into swine flu, And a feverish market...

An economist wanted to teach What the prophets purported to preach: With material gains, Satisfaction remains Elusively just out of rea...

Among Wall Street's Croesian bosses,   J.P. Morgan stood tall as Colossus; He laid down the law   With the clench of his jaw,   And the ...

There are two indisputable facts That toppled the Greeks on their backs: Every third Greek today Works for government pay, And the rest ...

Alan Greenspan had often attested That inflation at last had been bested, But his loose money vices Inflated home prices, Which a few en...

Said Bernanke, "Our debt looks unkempt to me, And thriftier we must attempt to be, For a few sidelong peeks At the Spaniards and Gre...

Said the IMF head, Dominique: "While Athens' finances are bleak, As a good European, I regard the Aegean As the cradle of l...