Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 30th March 2015

Dilbert//9480, first published 11 years ago on Monday 30th March 2015

Tina Interviews Wally For Article

Tags

deception, economist, fraud, interview, jargon, lying, website, total fraud, technology

Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - Wally the Economist

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WALLY THE CHIEF ECONOMIST I HAVE TO INTERVIEW YOU FOR OUR WEBSITE.

AND SINCE YOU ARE A TOTAL FRAUD AS AN ECONOMIST, WHY DONT WE SKIP THE INTERVIEW AND I'LL INVENT SOME QUOTES FROM YOU?

THAT SOUNDS ECONOMICAL.

DON'T EVEN TRY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Wally the Chief Economist"

Summary:

The comic strip features Wally, the chief economist, being interviewed by an economist who is attempting to steal his quotes. The conversation begins with the interviewer asking Wally to share his website, to which Wally responds that he has to interview him first. The interviewer then asks why they can't skip the interview and use some quotes from Wally, to which Wally replies that it sounds "economical." The interviewer tries to convince Wally to give up his quotes, but Wally refuses, stating that he doesn't even try. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of economists trying to steal each other's ideas and the absurdity of the situation.

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