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> Like the joke about the economists not picking up the $20 bill on the ground? For those like me that don't know the joke: Two economists are walking down th
by uncircle 1y ago
> Like the joke about the economists not picking up the $20 bill on the ground?
For those like me that don't know the joke:
Two economists are walking down the street. One of them says “Look, there’s a twenty-dollar bill on the sidewalk!” The other economist says “No there’s not. If there was, someone would have picked it up already.”
- shermantanktop 1y agoPresumably the non-economist following them picked up the twenty, unencumbered by theory.
- uncircle 1y agoI've never seen a $20 bill on the ground in my entire life, so I guess the economists are actually right.
- sgerenser 1y agoI recently saw a $20 bill left in the bill dispenser of a gas station ATM. I didn’t take it because I assumed there was a chance that whoever left it would realize within a minute or two and run back for it. But most likely the next person to see it grabbed it.
- uncircle 1y agoEither you are a good, innocent soul or you’re an economist. Mind you, they are mutually exclusive.
- Symbiote 1y agoI found 500 DKK on the ground outside once, which is about $77.
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