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Thanks To The Economy

Common beginning or ending to a sentence. It can serve to:

1. provide an excuse for going on a spending splurge and buying things at their lowest prices ever.
2. suggest a sarcastic tone of frustration with work (cut in hours, cut in pay, cut in benefits, downsizing, laid off).
3. add to the delusional lie that the economy is getting better because of being fixated on greed and material possessions.
4. express serious concern for not having enough to live on.

For those still in denial that THE ECONOMY HAS ALREADY CRASHED AND IS JUST BEING PUMPED FULL OF MONEY TO KEEP IT AFLOAT, see: when the economy picks up

1. Look at all the stuff I bought at dirt cheap prices, thanks to the economy.
2. Thanks to the economy, my full-time job is giving me part-time hours, we lost ten employees, and no more company picnics.
3. Thanks to the economy, we have money and nice things we can buy.
4. Our grocery limit each week is only twenty dollars, thanks to the economy.

by Selective January 20, 2011

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economies of scale

When cost of production per unit decreases, as production increases. The good effects of buying in bulk, up to a point.

We benefit from economies of scale at our timber plant.

by Kung-Fu Jesus April 30, 2004

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Latvia's economy

Something that does not exist.

Friend : Have you heard about the Latvia's economy?
Me : I thought it's just a hoax, i dont believe it exists!

by DurxXD October 25, 2020

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bush economy

An economic situation where most normal people living in the US can not afford general or typical goods and services any longer. Named for President George Bush's economic policies favoring the Reagan style of 'trickle down' economics where the wealthy are entrusted to send wealth to the lower classes. IT never works out that way.

I lost my job in customer service to an Indian. Its ok, I can't afford gas in the bush economy anyway to get to work.

by erock82 May 21, 2008

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Hummus Economy

The hummus economy cynically refers to the economic situation in Lebanon, the country where hummus originated.

The hummus economy consists of the successive poor leadership that took Lebanon to an unparalleled economic recession that surged between 2019 and 2020. It has resulted from corruption and incompetence in the absence of the rule of law.

The expression insinuates amateurship in managing Lebanon where leaders have been historically busy by shallow matters distracting the Lebanese from what matters when it comes to inclusive and sustainable growth.

Q: What economic model fits Lebanon in recent years?
A: The economy in Lebanon is intricate and peculiar: one could call it the hummus economy.

El Hokayem, J., and Abou Jaoude, J. (2020), Leading by misleading in the hummus economy, Annahar.

by JHRLY October 26, 2020


Booze economy

The idea of buying drink that provides the most alcohol for the lowest price

That beer looks quite nice, but wine is way better booze economy

by Gavin Spiller May 27, 2007

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Dinosaur Economy

An energy intense economy that relies primarily on fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas that are derived from dinosaurs, plants and other prehistoric biota.

Industrialized agriculture exists within a dinosaur economy because it relies on petrol chemicals to produce herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers as well as lots of fuel to transport food hundreds or thousands of miles via planes trains and automobiles before it is consumed.

by glopezsez October 19, 2011