Professor Mark J. Perry's Blog for Economics and Finance
These days, being homeless is more competitive than ever. Only the most clever and creative signs are going to get people to let go of their precious spare change. This makes for some pretty awesome homeless dude signage.
Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. Perry holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University near Washington, D.C. In addition, he holds an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In addition to a faculty appointment at the University of Michigan-Flint, Perry is also a visiting scholar at The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
6 Comments:
What a hoot!
Panhandling is a business:
http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_3_panhandling.html
Everything is about marketing.
I've seen them all before...except the Cylon. But I have seen the unemployed Imperial Stormtrooper.
Very funny stuff.
several years ago I saw a bum with a clever, more straight forward sign that your example here.
It said,
"Why Lie, I need a Beer".
Anon,
Bob Dobbs
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