JohnnyMilkweed on Nostr: Two economists are walking in the forest, and they come across a pile of shit. One ...
Two economists are walking in the forest, and they come across a pile of shit.
One economist says, 'I’ll pay you $100 to eat a pile of shit.' The other takes the $100 and eats it.
Then they keep walking and come across another pile of shit. The second economist says, 'Now I'll pay you $100 to eat this pile of shit.' He pays the other economist, and the other eats it.
Then they say, 'Wait a minute. We have the same amount of money in our hands, but we both ate a pile of shit. My God, it seems like we just increased economic growth by $200!'
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2026-09-30 06:51:58 UTCEvent JSON
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