Dr. Goose's Economical Limericks

A politico trained in agronomy Was convinced he could grow the economy: "To start with manure 'S the best way for sure, So bu...

As opposed to the world's great religions, Economics is free from divisions (Except for the few Applicable to The really importan...

"The economy's growing respectably," Said economists surveyed collectively, "So a Fed funds regime At a low-rate ext...

Said a critically ill PhD To his young, volunteer EMT: "Your work, while essential, Is only tangential To raising the raw GDP....

Said an econ professor named Booth, While instructing America's youth: "The Original Sin Of the business I'm in Is to advoc...

Said Harvardian students of Mankiw: "Shall we occupy seats here? No thank you! We simply despise Inequality's rise, Among wh...

The committee bestowed some respect On the science of cause and effect With a new Nobel prize For a couple of guys Who proved that i...

A man of conviction who needs To declare which economist leads May wager a bet On the one who will get That prize given out by the Swedes. N...

Said Bernanke, recounting the facts, While deflecting some Red-State attacks: "The Fed did our part; It's on Congress to start T...

Just in time for returning econ students, Dr. Goose has rendered the Ten Principles of Economics by Harvard  Prof. Greg Mankiw (pictured)...

A woman who loved a good fight Would demand, as she argued all night, Philosophical heft From those on the left And empirical proof from...

It's distended when something constricts it, Once inflated, will burst if one pricks it; Whether flaccid or rounded, When broke, it...

The Harvardian Nobel Prize Pool Lets you bet which economists rule; So the ken of the crowd Will predict the endowed Of which think tan...

A shift in demand quite suffices, With a given supply, to raise prices; This idea, though descriptive, May not be prescriptive, To gui...

"I've said at each meeting I've been to, We should hike rates to one point and then two; If recession resumes Now there...

To his freshmen said Gregory Mankiw , "For your curious minds I should thankiw, But take care when you speak Not to give any cheek, ...

The first wave of mortgage foreclosures Was related to ARM-loan exposures, But more so of late The relevant rate Is the instance of fact...

Though recov'ry was said to depend on The sales of old homes that banks lend on, They collapsed in a rout When the tax break ran out,...

Said a well-economically-versed one, "I see bubbles and I've got to burst one: The one way we'll skip The next double dip I...

The economist Kotlikoff fretted : "We don't realize how much we're indebted. When you add FICA, then It's doubled again;...