Friday, June 19, 2009

Economic Advice

Wow, I just came across a great public service video at Hulu. It stars Steve Martin and shows exactly what American consumers should do in times like these, which popular economist Ze Frank calls "hard times."

For that matter, the advice in the Steve Martin video applies to good times as well. Definitely worth the 3 minutes to watch it.

3 comments:

mandy said...

Eric was thinking about using this video during a budgeting class he was co-teaching, but he decided it was a little to sarcastic for the class.

To bad, cause it really puts a fun spin on something lots of people are dealing with.

Michelle said...

Hilarious. I love it!
Loving hulu too, speaking of not spending money.

Phil said...

we slipped this into a requirements discussion with our user reps. they always want more than they can afford. i think they got the point. I know SAF/AQX and SAF/FMB (our AF budget execution and planning folks) use it in their town hall briefs too. if I could only get my kids to understand ...