Two Economists and a Gross Joke About Economic Growth

Maybe my favorite one, uh, economist joke is, um, two economists are going for a walk in, in the forest, um, and they come across a pile of shit.

And one economist says, "I'll pay you 100 bucks to eat a pile of shit."

And so the guy takes the 100 bucks and, and eats the shit.

Then they keep walking, they come across another pile of shit, and, and the other guy says, "Okay, I'll give you 100 bucks to eat a pile of shit."

So he gives him 100 bucks, and, and then the guys can say, "Wait a second, we both have the same amount of money."

"And we ate a-- both ate a pile of shit."

Oh my God, it sounds like- It's like, but we increased the economy by 200 dollars.

This is, this is the kind of bullshit you get in economics.