経済学者の商売の秘訣：まず貯金箱を買いましょう。

WSJ, JANUARY 2, 2010. Secrets of the Economist's Trade: First, Purchase a Piggy Bank

　そういえば、一度も宝くじを買ったことがない。競馬は自転車で自宅から行けたときに、馬を見に行ったついでに一回買った。ダイヤモンドは、、、、。それはともかく、この引用が一番いいかな。

"The economics students seem to be born guilty, and the other students seem to lose their innocence when they take an economics class," says Mr. Bauman, who has a stand-up comedy act he'll be doing at the economists' Atlanta conference Sunday night. Among his one-liners: "You might be an economist if you refuse to sell your children because they might be worth more later."

こういうone-linerがlisteningで一発でわかるようになったらいいんだけどなぁ。