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  • Finance cartoon: Greece and the euro crisis

    debt crisis Greece cartoon

    Editorial illustration – Greece and the euro crisis, 2011
    Finance cartoon – the EU debt crisis in 2011

    The Greek effect on the euro
    The European currency, the euro, is depicted as a balloon, with Greece, in the form of an ancient Greek archer, firing an arrow at the balloon

    A cartoon about the financial crisis in the eurozone in 2011, the future of the euro, political crisis in Europe, cohesion of the European community.
    Drawn: 2011
    Cartoon reference number: euro002
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  • Editorial cartoon. The euro crisis – the euro walking off a cliff

    cartoon - euro crisis - walking off cliff

    Financial cartoon
    Euro crisis cartoon

    A cartoon showing the european currency, the euro, as a person with the euro sign as a head, walking off the edge of a cliff

    An illustration about the financial crisis in the eurozone, the future of the euro, political crisis in Europe, the European community, the euro on the brink of collapse, financial markets in free-fall

    Cartoon drawn: 2011
    Cartoon reference number: euro001
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  • Capitalism profiting from anti-capitalism protests – cartoon

    anti-capitalism protest campsite cartoon

    Capitalism cashing in on anti-capitalism protests
    The adaptable nature of capitalism – cartoon

    Cartoon about anti-capitalism protest camps, such as the one at St Paul’s cathedral.
    A cartoon showing an alternative campsite for the anti-capitalism protestors being set up by businessmen (possibly in anticipation of the anti-capitalism protestors being evicted from their original protest campsite).
    One of the businessmen is saying “That’s the great thing about capitalism –  it’s so adaptable.”

    One of the advantages of capitalism is that it is adaptable to circumstances and can react to new opportunities (which planned centralised economies such as socialism are less adept at)
    Cartoon reference number: cap123

    A black and white version of this cartoon was published in Private Eye magazine, December 2011.

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  • Migrant workers cartoon

    Low paid immigrant workers using negotiating tactics of bankers cartoon

    Low pay cartoon
    Bankers bonuses cartoon

    A cartoon showing low-paid immigrant workers (vegetable pickers) attempting to use the same negotiating tactics as bankers. The tactic is to threaten to move abroad where the remuneration may be greater.
    The employer is saying “They’ve got us over a barrel by deploying the classic ‘banker’s gambit’. Give us more money or we’ll go abroad.”

    A cartoon about pay negotiations, labour markets, migrant labour, low pay, minimum wages, pay rates, global economy, city bonuses, city excess, greed is good mentality, competition, capitalism, economics, finance

    Cartoon first published in Private Eye, December 2011
    Cartoon reference number: bank31
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  • Cartoon – product bar code as prison bars

    Illustration. A bar code as a symbol of consumerism

    Bar code cartoon.
    Bar codes as prison bars

    A person locked into the consumer society, symbolised by a bar code as bars of a prison
    A metaphor for the way that people can become trapped by dependence on consumerism

    A cartoon about capitalism, money, spending, debt, credit cards

    Drawn: 4th November 2009
    Cartoon reference number: bar001

  • Exploitation cartoon. Factory workers in the developing world

    Sweat shop factory making leisure wear

    Workers’ rights cartoon
    Sweat shop manufacturing cartoon

    A worker in a sweat shop in the developing world complaining that they have to work so hard. The western manages is saying to her “In your language there is no word for leisure.” The factory manufactures leisure wear
    A cartoon about the conditions in garment factories in the developing world, where clothes are made cheaply for the western market using cheap labour

    A cartoon about globalisation, free trade, consumerism, worker’s rights, exploitation

    Cartoon drawn: 2011
    Cartoon reference: swt002

  • Cartoon. Exploitation of sweat shop workers in a clothing factory

    sweatshop factory exploitation cartoon

    Cartoon. Workers in a sweat shop complaining about conditions – they aren’t allowed to buy seconds at a discount.

    A cartoon about the conditions in garment factories in the developing world, where clothes are made cheaply for the western market using cheap labour.

    A cartoon about globalisation, free trade, consumerism, worker’s rights, exploitation.

    Cartoon drawn: 2011
    Cartoon reference number: sweat001

  • Ethical investment piggy bank illustration

    Illustration: Ethical investment - cartoon piggy bank with halo

    Ethical investments cartoon
    Piggy bank with halo (and ‘ethical investment‘ written on its side)

    Cartoon showing coins dropping into a piggy bank

    An illustration about ethics, ethical consumers, morals, ethical savings, finance, money, economy, economics

    Cartoon drawn: 2011
    Cartoon reference: eco008

  • Financial crisis cartoon

    Graph showing the consequences of the end of economic growth

    Economic crisis cartoon

    What happens to an economy fuelled by rising spending when spending suddenly stops

    A cartoon or illustration about the financial crisis, credit crunch, monetary crisis, economic recession, depression, exchange rates, banking, consumerism, consumer fuelled economic growth

    Cartoon drawn: 2009
    Cartoon reference number: eco007
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  • The instability of financial systems – cartoon

    Financial crisis illustration. Pile of coins

    Credit crisis cartoon

    Illustration showing a pile of coins that’s in danger of toppling over. People are still piling money on to build it higher though.
    The cartoon illustrates the inherent instability of some (all?) financial systems
    The cartoon was drawn as a response to the 2008 credit crisis brought on by the subprime crisis in the USA.

    A cartoon about banking, the financial crisis, credit crunch, monetary crisis, economic recession, depression, exchange rates, bankers, casino banking, financial instability.
    Drawn: 2008
    Cartoon reference number: eco006
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  • Economy illustration. Graph showing the world plunging into recession.

    Financial crisis illustration. Graph of world entering recession

    Financial crisis cartoon showing a graph with the world entering economic recession

    An illustration about the global financial crisis, credit crunch, monetary crisis, economic recession, depression, exchange rates, banking

    Cartoon drawn: 2011
    Cartoon reference number: eco005
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  • Financial crisis cartoons. The US dollar sign as a leaking, sinking balloon

    Economic crisis cartoon. The US dollar sign as a leaking balloon

    Economic crisis cartoon

    The US dollar sign depicted as a leaking balloon

    An illustration about the financial crisis, credit crunch, monetary crisis, economic recession, depression, exchange rates, banking

    Cartoon drawn: 2011
    Cartoon reference number: eco004
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  • Economics cartoon – US dollar stumbling towards recession

    Cartoon - dollar sign hobbling towards recession

    Economy cartoon

    A dollar sign hobbling towards economic recession or depression

    An illustration about the financial crisis, credit crunch, monetary crisis, exchange rates

    Cartoon drawn: 2011
    Cartoon reference number: eco003
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  • Euro illustration. The euro crisis the economic tipping point

    Euro tipping point cartoon

    Economic crisis illustration
    Euro cartoon

    The euro currency symbol about to fall over the edge due to the financial crisis

    A cartoon about banking, money, credit crunch, exchange rates, economy, bankers, recession, depression, tipping point

    Cartoon drawn: 2011
    Cartoon reference number: eco002

  • Euro crisis illustration: the euro as the victim of a crime

    Euro-crisis illustration. Crime scene chalk outline

    Euro-crisis illustration.

    Showing a crime scene with the chalk outline of euro symbol on pavement to illustrate that it was the victim of a crime. A crime committed by bankers and financiers.

    An illustration about the credit crunch, financial crisis, recession, economic downturn, currency, single market, euro-zone, banking.

    Cartoon drawn: 2011
    Cartoon reference number: eco001

  • Rene Magritte cartoon parody

    Rene Magritte parody of the Son of Man

    Magritte pastiche
    Rene Magritte cartoon parody of The Son of Man (French: Le fils de l’homme)
    The image shows a banker with a coin in front of his face based on the Magritte image of a man with an apple in front of his face

    The idea behind this image is that bankers (and others in the finance industry) see only money and profit. This is implied by the coin that is floating in front of the face of the banker, blocking his perception of anything else but money

    A comment on finance, capitalism, priorities

    The £ sign on the coin can be changed to any other currency

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