Macro Economic Theory as seen by Goats

I was at a petting zoo with my grand son a while back.  He loves animals.  He of course recognizes some of them as natural born rascals; the goats in particular.

There are little vending machines where you can buy a handfull of feed for a quarter.  It seems a simple economic equation.  Animals show interest.  Human buys food.  Animals get food.  Everyone wins.

Goats see things differently.

If you go anywhere near this machine the smart (?) goat on the right will jam his snout up in front of it.  He's not about to let a single pellet go to waste, or to the other goats.  See how the paint is worn off right where his horns are?  He has been at this a while....

The problem is that he makes it nigh impossible to buy pellets.  He's just in the way.  

So in the long run he probably gets a high percentage of the goat chow, but the overall amount of chow dispensed is much reduced by his obnoxious behaviour.

You may insert whatever human world economic parallels you wish at this point.