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Funny story: Occupy Wall Street movement wins Nobel Economics Prize

Occupy Wall Street movement wins Nobel Economics Prize

New York City - In an unprecedented reversal, the Nobel Prize Committee has revoked its Economic Science Prize, recently handed to two American professors, and has re-awarded it to the Occupy Wall Street movement. "Economics has been called 'the d...

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Funny story: Convert the Euro into a Candy Bar, Says EU Debt Panel

Convert the Euro into a Candy Bar, Says EU Debt Panel

Brussels - A committee of Europe's leading economists, bankers and nutritionists have developed a simple solution to end the European debt crisis. They propose converting the Euro from a currency into a candy bar. "Currently, we are printing euros...

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Funny story: Scots invade Greece as they flog off their wine at 50p a bottle!

Scots invade Greece as they flog off their wine at 50p a bottle!

The Eurozone crisis, caused mainly by Greece defaulting on its debts, has forced the Greeks into desperate measures and leading the way are their winemakers. Athens announced that all Greek wines will be flogged off at 50p a bottle, in spite of vi...

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Funny story: University Challenge Takes Centre Stage In Health Cuts Row

University Challenge Takes Centre Stage In Health Cuts Row

A row between the Treasury and health experts over NHS cuts descended into a squabble about TV quiz show University Challenge last night. The row had escalated earlier in the day after a group of health experts published criticisms of the Governme...

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Funny story: Protestors Camp Out in Newspaper Office and No One Notices

Protestors Camp Out in Newspaper Office and No One Notices

New York- Today, reporters at the city's most prestigious newspaper office kept working as usual as protestors from the Occupy Wall Street movement set up a base camp in their building. A protestor who goes by Greg stated that he and a few of his...

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Funny story: Greece declared bankrupt, relaunches as Greece AFC

Greece declared bankrupt, relaunches as Greece AFC

Greece have finally bitten the bullet and accepted a compulsory voluntary agreement. This is the first stage in bankruptcy for the country. The Greek National Government has taken the bold move after seeing how British football teams deal with...

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Funny story: Collection agency goes after House Speaker John Boehner

Collection agency goes after House Speaker John Boehner

Washington, DC - China wants its money back, and it wants it now. Not surprisingly, the target of the Communist nation's demands is conservative poster boy John Boehner (R-Ohio), the Speaker of the House. Things are getting so bad, Boehner has asked the FBI for protection. His main problem: a collection agency is aggressively pursuing him to repay upwards of $1.2 trillion in debt. That figure i...

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Funny story: GOP's new job plan is out of this world

GOP's new job plan is out of this world

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Speaker of the House John Boehner and Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnel outlined their plan to stimulate the economy and create new jobs. Among such controversial issues as not raising taxes on the u...

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Funny story: Michele Bachmann's economic fix: Change nation's name to 'Occupant'

Michele Bachmann's economic fix: Change nation's name to 'Occupant'

Big Bluff, Minnesota - If Michele Bachmann is elected president, "America" would become "Occupant," and the nation's economic woes would disappear, according to an announcement issued today by the Republican contender's campaign. The name change i...

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Funny story: European Bail-out Fund to be Bailed Out

European Bail-out Fund to be Bailed Out

With the continuation of the financial crisis, it is possible that more countries will require bail-outs. Greece, Portugal and Ireland have already been bailed out, but Spain and Italy may join them, and they would be much more expensive to bail out.

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Funny story: Poverty Stricken Greeks to visit the Rings of Uranus

Poverty Stricken Greeks to visit the Rings of Uranus

In a bid to lift national spirits and world standing the Greek Government has announced plans to send a manned space ship to Uranus by 2020. Speaking from Athens, Greek Space Administration CEO Apollo Kakas made the announcement at a press confer...

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Funny story: Global financial crisis a 'banking error'

Global financial crisis a 'banking error'

President of the International Monetary Fund Patsy Laggard has admitted that the Global Financial Crisis is a banking error. Speaking from her Washington DC office Ms Laggard explained: "Mai oui, but yes, we are vereee soreee, we made a beeg...

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Funny story: Wall Street raid is off target: cops arrest protesters instead of the perps

Wall Street raid is off target: cops arrest protesters instead of the perps

New York - A special police task force swooped down on Wall Street this morning to arrest hundreds of investment and high-finance executives accused of defrauding and possibly destroying the world's economic system. But the cops were distracted by...

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Funny story: IMF Explains How World Debt Crisis Is To Be Solved By "Imaginary Economics"

IMF Explains How World Debt Crisis Is To Be Solved By "Imaginary Economics"

The institutions and regulators of the global financial system today made an unprecedented joint announcement that will change the underlying basis of the global economy. These institutions and regulators, which include the International Monetary...

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Funny story: 'Financicial Crisis Brown's Fault'

'Financicial Crisis Brown's Fault'

The desperate economic and financial news on a global scale is causing uneasy Bored Rooms to grumble as profits begin to sink into the lower regions. David Cameron, whilst touring Libya on the look out for Bin Laden Gaddafi spoke to reporters as shells fell around them. 'Prime Minister - don't you think you should be back at the helm in Britain to deal with the financial crisis?' I asked.

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Funny story: Organized crime steps in to 'organize' the US government

Organized crime steps in to 'organize' the US government

Howard Beach, Queens - Tired of seeing their criminal gains decline due to a shrinking economy and legislative indifference, the leading organized crime families in America have joined forces to take over the US government. "Youse won't be hearing...

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Funny story: Angry Economics Gods Demand Sacrifices

Angry Economics Gods Demand Sacrifices

People around the world are coming to terms with the fact that despite those arse numbingly dull election campaigns, toadying creepy men in bad suits doorstepping for votes and ludicrous expense claims for houses they aren't even living in, politicia...

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