Economists and Shit

Two economists were walking down the street one day when they passed two large piles of dog shit.

The first economist said to the other, "I'll pay you $20,000 to eat one of those piles of shit." The second one agrees and chooses one of the piles and eats it. The first economist pays him his $20,000.

Then the second economist says, "I'll pay you $20,000 to eat the other pile of shit." The first one says okay, and eats the shit. The second economist pays him the $20,000.

They resume walking down the street.

After a while, the second economist says, "You know, I don't feel very good. We both have the same amount of money as when we started. The only difference is we've both eaten shit."

The first economist says: "Ah, but you're ignoring the fact that we've created $40,000 of GDP!"

【中文翻譯】

兩位經濟學家走在路上，見到地上有兩跎狗屎。

第一位經濟學家對另一位說：「如果你能吃掉其中的一跎，我就給你兩萬美元。」第二位經濟學家聽了，二話不說把其中一跎屎吃了。

輪第二位經濟學家開口了，他說：「如果你能把剩下的一跎屎也給吃了，我也付你兩萬美元。」第一位經濟學家同意了，把屎吃了。於是，第二位付給第一位兩萬美元。

他們繼續往前走。

突然，第二位經濟學家說：「我越想越不對勁，我們所擁有的錢和最初相比完全一樣，唯一的差別是，我們都吃了一跎狗屎。」

第一位經濟學家答說：「喔，你忽略的一項事實，那就是我們貢獻了四萬美元的國民生產毛額 GDP。」