Hardcore Economic Theory as Rap?

01/28/10  Print This Post Print This Post    No Comments      Written by Kate Sedgwick
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What happens when a producer from Spike TV finds himself a huge fan of an economic podcast?
A rap starring long dead economists, of course.

You can hear the whole story on NPR’s Planet Money, but this video stars Billy Scafuri and Adam Lustick as economists Fredrich Hayek as John Maynard Keynes battling for more than the right to be the best MC. The two theories presented in the video are the foundation of how most economists see economic cycles.

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Matador ID: K_Crimini

Kate Sedgwick co-edits Matador Nights from Buenos Aires where she teaches English, learns Spanish and thoroughly enjoys herself. Her art and writing have appeared in print and on-line publications and her novel in progress will be received with prurient glee by critics of American culture if it ever gets into their grubby little hands. Find out more about her than you ever wanted to know here. (Author photo by Sebastian Santana).

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