The Basics

As a would-have-been-if-it-was-possible Eco-Lit major, I have dedicated this post to the look of utter incredulity that appeared on the countenance of one of our esteemed faculty members immediately following this conversation (or a somewhat similar one) with a bleary-eyed 8 a.m. T.Y class:
 
“...Take for example the difference in the global economy in 2008, and in 2011. Why this difference?”
T.Y class: *silence
“Look at Europe? The United States? These economies are in a mess. Why?” 
T.Y class: *cough...silence
“You’ll know what’s happening...have you’ll been reading...well...err..?”
T.Y class: *phone vibrates on the desk
“OH, COME ON!” 

Professor Granger Slytherin (name changed to protect identity), this one’s for you:

Oh, Come On. 
World trade is down, oil costs are high,
And price rise headed to the sky,
Obama’s days are long and tired, 
The E.U needs to be re-wired.
India now faces stagflation,
Palestine might yet be a nation,
Occupy Wall Street’s on the move,
Developing nations in the groove. 
Japan’s disasters left her weak, 
Yet worse off still remain the Greek, 
Sub-prime crisis, double dip recession,
The world at the brink of depression,
Policy makers reprimanded, 
Economists everywhere being demanded,
T.Ys who will not make a sound, 
It seems everything’s upside down. 
The world now at the mercy of rhymes,
Perhaps 2014 brings better times.


-Econom-Eyes