The deliberate and systemic design of an economy, that enriches a tiny elite—billionaires jet-setting the globe—while forcing billions into poverty, desperation, and cutthroat competition for scraps.
It’s the violence of capitalism laid bare: for every yacht, there’s a street fight over coins for coffee.
Not an accident, but a feature of a world that thrives on inequality, exploitation, and the suffering of the marginalized.
It’s the violence of capitalism laid bare: for every yacht, there’s a street fight over coins for coffee.
Not an accident, but a feature of a world that thrives on inequality, exploitation, and the suffering of the marginalized.
While billionaires party at their beach mansions, Uber, and the gig economy’s economic cruelty, encourage and reward, delivery riders crashing into each other, for a $5 order.
by TheEternalNow August 10, 2025
Get the Economic Cruelty mug.Short for Homo economicus. A hypothetical agent used in economic modeling who exhibits perfect rationality, consistent preferences, and complete self-interest. Unlike a human, an Econ is assumed to possess infinite computational ability to process information and always selects the option that maximizes their personal utility (satisfaction or wealth).
"If we assume the consumer is an Econ, then increasing the price by even $0.01 should immediately lower demand, but brand loyalty often keeps Humans from switching."
"My brother is a total Econ; he spent three hours building a spreadsheet to decide which brand of toothpaste has the best cost-per-ounce ratio."
"My brother is a total Econ; he spent three hours building a spreadsheet to decide which brand of toothpaste has the best cost-per-ounce ratio."
by Homo economicus January 8, 2026
Get the Econ mug.Also see "broken economy" Failure by design, A economy flawed from the start. Lead to ruins by those in power.
by ShowWy-D November 26, 2013
Get the failed economy mug.When a public figure (politician running for elected office) has the general public perception that they (the public figure) can sustain an "up economy". Usually a reference, or slang used by pollsters and mainstream media.
Donald Trump has "up Economy".
by Topher.Laclis March 19, 2017
Get the up economy mug.A fake name to give to the cops,used by Graf writers in 1990s, Sydney. Also given to 1 hour photo stores, when getting snaps of panels developed, in case the photo guy narked on you.
Cop: “You’ve got a lot of spray paint in your bag for someone on their way home to paint their bike. What’s your name “?
Graf writer: “Troy Emmons”.
Cop: “Ok then Troy, don’t forget to let the paint dry before you go for a ride”.
Graf writer: “Troy Emmons”.
Cop: “Ok then Troy, don’t forget to let the paint dry before you go for a ride”.
by Troy Emmons May 8, 2018
Get the troy emmons mug.An economic condition under which people must subsidize their living through crowdfunding and appeals to charity.
by Nonsensicalme July 30, 2018
Get the Martyr economy mug.An economy that is builded on something really stupid and useless , like karma on Reddit , this maybe came from some incidents on ebay or facebook from kids that selled weird-shaped cheetos
Haha! Yes! Continue buy stupid Fortnite skins from the shop, maybe in the future you can shell them in the Cheetos Economy
by Alkis Umf March 16, 2019
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