An historian's occasional, random thoughts on the state of capitalism or on aspects of life in an Upper Midwestern university town. Often stimulated by a morning's read of the newspapers. These are actually notes to myself that replace my ("so last century") clippings files, but you're welcome to listen in.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem (YouTube video)
In lecture last Thursday, my topic was the great slide into depression from 1929 to 1932-33, and I ended - in the obvious place - by emphasizing the lack of consensus about why it happened. A couple days later, a student pointed me to this video. Not sure what the mustaches are about, or why all the women are bimbos, but it's an interesting teaching tool. I'd love to find something similar on the manifold consequences of high fixed costs and Americans' struggle to come to grips with them in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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