During the current time of financial meltdown, it is worthwhile to examine who the economy will flourish if people in different countries get two cows. I hope you would enjoy the following description.

TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS

You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. You retire on the income.

SOCIALIST ECONOMICS

You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbour.

CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT ECONOMICS

You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbour.

REPUBLICAN ECONOMICS

You have two cows. Your neighbour has none. So what?

COMMUNIST ECONOMICS

You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. 

AMERICAN ECONOMICS

You have two cows. You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You profess surprise when the cow drops dead. You put the blame on some nation with cows. And naturally that nation will be a danger to mankind. You wage a war to save the world and grab the cows.

FRENCH ECONOMICS

You have two cows. Half of you go on strike because you want three cows. The other half paint the cows on different landscapes

GERMAN ECONOMICS You have two cows. You reengineer them so that they live for 100 years, eat once a month and milk themselves.

BRITISH ECONOMICS

You have two cows. They are both mad cows. You wait for the Americans to go to war; you join them in saving the world and get two sane cows of your own

ITALIAN ECONOMICS

You have two cows. You don't know where they are. You break for lunch.

SWISS ECONOMICS

You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.

ARAB ECONOMICS

You have 5000 cows, all of which belong to you. You call others to come and milk them You charge them for the permission to milk your cows and keep a portion of the milk You have a great economy Until the Americans decide to steal your cows to save the world.

INDIAN ECONOMICS

You have three cows. You are fiercely protective of the third cow which tends to walk over to your neighbour You think that the third is a gift from GOD But just in case you worship all three You do nothing with your cows but somehow the economy works. You thank the cows and continue to worship them.

PAKISTANI ECONOMICS

You have two cows. Your neighbour has three. You are sure that his third cow has wandered over from your side of the fence. You wage war for fifty years trying to recover it In the meantime your two cows die. Now you appeal to the UN for help to retrieve the cow

JAPANESE ECONOMICS

You have two cows. You redesign them so that they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create cute cartoon cow images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.

RUSSIAN ECONOMICS 

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 17 cows. You give up counting and open another bottle of vodka.

CHINESE ECONOMICS

You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity and arrest anyone reporting the actual numbers.

TERRORIST ECONOMICS

You have two cows. You don't know economy. Your two neighbours make money with their herds of cattle. All three of you started out with two cows. You tie a bomb round the neck of each of your cows and let them loose on the neighbours' herds. All is peaceful till the neighbours get prosperous again.