Traditional Capitalism


You have two cows.
You sell one, borrow a little capital, and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell your cows and retire on the profit.

American Capitalism


You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

Canadian Capitalism


You have two cows.
You sell one, borrow a little capital, and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, then the government confiscates all but two cows to cover taxes.
You turn on the hockey game.

French Capitalism


You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.

Japanese Capitalism


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 clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.

German Capitalism


You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

British Capitalism


You have two cows.
Both are mad.

Italian Capitalism


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

Russian Capitalism


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 12 cows.
You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

Swiss Capitalism


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

Indian Capitalism


You have two cows.
You worship them.

Chinese Capitalism


You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.

Mexican Capitalism


You have no cows.
You cross the border by night to milk American cows and send milk home.

Israeli/Palestinian Capitalism


You have two cows.
You bulldoze their cow, they blow up yours.
You both appeal to the world for foreign aid.

Arkansas Capitalism


You have two cows.
That one on the left is kinda cute ...