Microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is ab…

P. J. O'Rourke
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Microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is about money the government is out of. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2011). Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics, p.74, Pan Macmillan
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Microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is about money the government is out of. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2011). Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics, p.74, Pan Macmillan

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