Austrian school mentioned by name in the newest episode of The Simpsons

I thought the Keynesians climb trees because they’re moving upwards/becoming successful and the Austrians hide under rocks because we’ve been living under rocks while economic progress passes us by.

I think it’s because Keynesians like paper money, and Austrians like gold.

Aristophanes’s argument makes sense, but I doubt the writers of the Simpsons know enough about Keynesianism and Austrianism for that to be what they were trying to say.

@F

Well from an outsider’s perspective it just looks like you got bullied.

Eh,whatever.

  1. Keynesians climb trees because they haven’t got a leg to stand on, and Austrians hide under rocks because they think the sky is falling in.

  2. Keynesians climb trees because they exhibit a higher intellect, and Austrians hide under rocks because they live in the stone-age.

  3. Keynesians climb trees in order to rise above the dogs (capitalists), and Austrians hide under rocks because they like being bummed by the dogs.

  4. Keynesians climb trees because their ideas are on the rise, and Austrians hide under rocks to signify that their ideas have been crushed.

  5. Blah blah blah… you get the point.