The Woman Behind It All
The study analyzed a vast number of trends, from the iPad to Wii Fit to American Idol to the canceling of Firefly, and concluded that the only possible explanation was an invisible hand acting almost completely at random. "Understand that we're not blaming Helen here," the study's author, Adom Smith was sure to add. "It's entirely possible that this hand has been acting without her knowledge. We just needed to get our results out to the scientific community to allow the restructuring of theories.
Some in the economic world objected to the study's ethics. "Why did they publish?" asked Fighters of Utilizing Confusing Keratoscopy, a group of learned economists that would like to remain anonymous. "What do we stand to gain from knowing our economy abides by the whims of a deaf-blind woman? This smacks of communism to us, and we won't stand for it. Plus couldn't it be some other deaf-blind kid?"
When asked about the study's findings, Helen Kellers was brief, but incredibly illuminating: "Mrrngghghaaa."
