Monty by Jim Meddick for February 19, 2024

It helps to know economic theory to enjoy this strip

Copies of today’s strip will be taped on the doors of conservative economic professors everywhere.

It is Allah that fixes prices.

Looks like a bear market for humor this week.

I just love that Jarvis is giving that little narcissist some push back.

Friedman got that from Adam Smith but I’m sure he would be dancing with Smith at the humor.

Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand acts upon all of us.

Sledwick needs a fun friend, not a creep named Milton. I think they found this guy at Neverland.

Milton has become the bane of Jarvis’ life.

Why is the monster wearing a hat from medieval Europe?

Tomorrow we see “invisible Milton” with his fly unzipped, standing above Jarvis, about to make a “trickle down” joke.

I think I’ll add “economics joke” to my roster of great oxymorons, along with “jumbo shrimp”, “military intelligence”, “dry water”, and “business ethics”. Economics isn’t known as “the dismal science” without good reason.

Hey! I didn’t come here to become educated! Can I get college credit for this? :)

Except that the Hand has become quite visible.

It is in the form of tax cuts for the rich, ever increasing market concentration, and the resultant ever increasing wealth inequality.

Uncle Miltie would be ecstatic.

Poor Jarvis.

I know what Jarvis would like to do with HIS invisible hand