Funny Money News

 
Euro at Risk of Falling to Bits Just Like Pieces of Eight
Huffington Post (blog)
Money really is funny stuff. There it sits, in the bank, waiting patiently to be turned into just about anything you need, from a loaf of bread to a Lamborghini. It will always be there for you until, of course, it isn't. Hard currency is nothing more ...


 
YOUR MONEY - Seven new ways to land that summer job
Reuters
At sites like CafePress.com, you can sell your designs -- or even just funny sayings, if you're not much of an artist -- on more than 250 different products like T-shirts and coffee mugs. It earns you commissions on every item sold, with no set-up ...

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Tehelka
Grey Shades of White
Tehelka
IT MAY sound funny, but is meant to be deadly serious. A White Paper on Black Money! Well, that is exactly what was tabled in Parliament on 21 May by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The document, running into just under 100 pages, prepared by the ...

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Fed's Funny Money Makes Housing A Huge Bargain
Forbes
They figured it was time to put in place a system that would make it a little easier for them to make money. Instead of competing head to head, without any backstop to protect them when things got rough, they decided to set up a central bank.

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Greek funny money, redux
FT Alphaville (blog)
First it was John Dizard arguing that Greece could issue scrip and have this circulate as “money” during a funding stand-off with the Troika — without getting chucked out of the eurozone. (There's more parts to it: As John adds, the Troika could keep ...

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Fed's Funny Money And Education-Industrial Complex Feed The Zombie Economy
Forbes
How can you get cash money out of nowhere? And what kind of money could it be if you could get it at no expense? It must be a “funny” money, zombie food. It must be worthless, right? But it's not. That's the crazy thing. The Fed plucks this money out ...

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The Men of "Magic Mike"--They Work Hard For The Money!
Huffington Post (blog)
It's intentionally funny. Oh, come on. You're not going to tell me anyone was supposed to take "Showgirls" seriously. That was meant to be the big camp-fest it was. Gina Gershon's character, Crystal, was practically a drag-queen.

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