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"A trillion-dollar economy is all right with me, but will it buy happiness?"
"A trillion-dollar economy is all right with me, but will it buy happiness?"

"A trillion-dollar economy is all right with me, but will it buy happiness?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1970
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 7 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (19.7 × 22.6 cm) Sheet: 7 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (19.7 × 22.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1658
"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."
"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."
Alan Dunn
1971
Sign in store window "Buy now at the accepted 3.2% inflation rate the dollar won't buy anything at all by 1998".
Sign in store window "Buy now at the accepted 3.2% inflation rate the dollar won't buy anything at all by 1998".
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
Alan Dunn
1928
"May I suggest Senator, that perhaps we should offer the whole five and a half billion dollars to Mr. Stalin to buy off Communism itself?"
"May I suggest Senator, that perhaps we should offer the whole five and a half billion dollars to Mr. Stalin to buy off Communism itself?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"I'm sorry, but I believe in strengthening the over-all economy instead."
"I'm sorry, but I believe in strengthening the over-all economy instead."
Alan Dunn
1964
"If anyone wants to know, the big-bang theory of the universe is all right with me."
"If anyone wants to know, the big-bang theory of the universe is all right with me."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
Image Not Available for "It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
"It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"Tell me, exactly how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"Tell me, exactly how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"Know What? I think he's letting me float against the dollar."
"Know What? I think he's letting me float against the dollar."
Alan Dunn
1973
"It says if we spend too much of our pay here it will upset the economy of the country."
"It says if we spend too much of our pay here it will upset the economy of the country."
Alan Dunn
1944