The age of turbulence--adventures in a new world.
A joke made me laugh.
It started with leonid Brezhnev on the reviewing stand at Lenin`s Tomb, surrounded by underlings, watching the May Day parade. The Soviet Union`s full military might is there on display. First come battalions of elite troops, impressive soldiers, all six of foot two, marching in absolute lockstep. Right behind them are phalanxes of state-of-the-art artillery and tanks. Then come the nuclear missles-it is an awesome show of strenght. But after the missles comes a straggle of six or seven civilians, unkepmt, shabbily dressed, utterly out of the place. An aide rushes up to Brezhnev and begs for forgiveness. “Comrade Secretary, my apologies, I do not know who these people are or how they have come into our parade.”
“Do not be concerned, Comrade, “replies Brezhnev. " I am responsible for them. They are mour economists, and you have no idea how damage they can do. "
From Alan Greenspan, 2007, “The age of turbulence--adventures in a new world." pp 88-9.
Note: If you want to become an economist, I suppose it is a good guide book to the path.
It started with leonid Brezhnev on the reviewing stand at Lenin`s Tomb, surrounded by underlings, watching the May Day parade. The Soviet Union`s full military might is there on display. First come battalions of elite troops, impressive soldiers, all six of foot two, marching in absolute lockstep. Right behind them are phalanxes of state-of-the-art artillery and tanks. Then come the nuclear missles-it is an awesome show of strenght. But after the missles comes a straggle of six or seven civilians, unkepmt, shabbily dressed, utterly out of the place. An aide rushes up to Brezhnev and begs for forgiveness. “Comrade Secretary, my apologies, I do not know who these people are or how they have come into our parade.”
“Do not be concerned, Comrade, “replies Brezhnev. " I am responsible for them. They are mour economists, and you have no idea how damage they can do. "
From Alan Greenspan, 2007, “The age of turbulence--adventures in a new world." pp 88-9.
Note: If you want to become an economist, I suppose it is a good guide book to the path.
