Welcome back. After a short, pottery induced break (more on that in the next weekly round up), it’s time again to plumb the depths of the economics world. As always when exploring untold depths, there’s always the chance of finding something unexpected, like
Rogerism
Founded By
Roger Raby is quite possibly the greatest economic mind that has ever graced this little ball of mud we call the earth. In spite of being born in 1982, well after most of the ‘great’ economic minds of the past, Roger has proven himself equal to, nay, superior to them all. The dynamism and vigor shown by these new theories have rocketed Roger to the top of the economics field.
So mighty, even when not repairing the economy
Still, in spite of his amazing, phenomenal success, Roger has remained surprising modest. He has rejected the numerous and plaintive requests to join the top monetary organizations in the world, preferring instead to labor to educate the people through the use of mass media, particularly websites. Truly, he is a man of, for, and by the people.
The Theory
It’s hard to put one of the revolutionary principles every devised into words, but luckily, Roger’s skill as an economist is surpassed only by his skill with the written word. The Rogerism theory can be summed up with following principles:
1) Cats make better doors than windows.
2) Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until yesterday or a fortnight from now, whichever comes first.
3) The egg always comes first; why was this ever an issue?
4) The greatest gift is a magic bag that keeps on giving.
5) Peanut butter and peanut paste do NOT count as two different uses of peanut butter, and don’t let George Washington Carver tell you any different.
6) There is no rule 6.
7) Something about supply and demand, with lots of figures and diagrams; honestly, we were kind of dozing off by this point.
And there you have it, a fool-proof set of economic principles for structuring your entire economy. If you don’t follow them, don’t worry; you’re just a Communist!
Criticism of Rogerism
There has been absolutely no criticism of Rogerism; it’s universally recognized as the greatest and most perfect economic theory ever.
A Brief History
It’s hard to express all the twists and turns of the Rogerism theory history in one short blog post, but hear goes. Shortly after his birth, Roger presented the basics of Rogerism to the world community (after working on them in utero). While the brilliance of the plan was recognized immediately, it still had a few bugs to work out, and sadly, unable to talk, Roger was unable to help for the first few years of the plan’s existence.
Luckily, through great motivation and force of will, the truth and glory of Roger’s theory was spread far and wide, leading to a complete and total economic utopia. (What, you say that’s not what happened? Who’s the world going to believe, you, or a writer on the internet? That’s what I thought.)
Three Sentence Summary
Rogerism is the greatest economic theory ever. Rogerism will solve all problems, past, present, and future. One last thing to know about Rogerism:
IT’S ALL A JOKE! April Fool’s!
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on April 2 2010
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Financial Samurai
on April 3 2010
Haha nice. Happy April Fool’s!
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Roger
on April 3 2010
Thanks, FS. It seemed like a fun way to celebrate the day.