Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle!

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a funny, accurate and easy primer on Keynesian versus Austrian views of the business cycle.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Radical Discourse

Topic

keynes versus hayek

Format

explainer

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

10

HN mentions in dataset

18

Recommendation years in dataset

2010–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• At least Glenn Beck is attempting to educate himself/his audience. Although, he'd probably do better to show everyone this (it's educational, hilarious and very well done): [VIDEO]

• You take the Keynesian view. It's difficult to discuss this in more than a soundbite, but the Hayekian view is well explained by these two videos: [VIDEO] [LINK] Well worth watching if you haven't seen them. In short, the opposite/Hayekian view contends that taxation is …

• For a hilarious and sharp rap-battle comparison of Keynes vs. Hayek (which... is basically the framework for all competing conversations on this topic) check out: Just a reminder - this is a rap-battle music video about economic policy. This is why the internet is amazing: …