Ke$ha and Keynes at Planet Money

by Russ Roberts on January 26, 2010

in Music

Here is the the Planet Money podcast on my brush with Ke$ha and the origins of the Keynes/Hayek rap video. The part on the video is about three minutes in. They did a great job making fun of me and being respectful at the same time.

And please continue to watch and share the YouTube video. Thanks.

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  • jakeshep
    I have both Econtalk and Ke$ha on my iPhone, so I thought this was great. I've been sharing the video with everybody.
  • chris
    That was great! I liked Mike Munger as the limo driver.
  • I linked it at my blog and emailed it to my old Macro Professor. Hopefully, he'll share it with his class.
  • tomofthemissouri
    Great video and podcast with Ke$ha. Could it be that Ke$ha is a Randian? She seems about the right age. That is after all where many of us Hayekian's got our intellectual start. John Galt put the sign on his cigarettes and Ayn herself had a $ of flowers on her coffin. Putting it in one's name seems like something a young Randian would do.

    I wish everyone had inquired as to her her views of economics. Her NPR writeup indicates she is quite curious and intelligent.
  • danielaguilar
    This video is close to the best thing I have ever seen! where do we send in the fan mail?
  • russroberts
    Go to econstories.tv for more info including email addresses...
  • If you are planning on releasing a subtitled version I would love to use that in my class.
  • russroberts
    Which language?
  • English.

    The class is in French, but english subtitles would be fine.

    Thank you :)
  • chris_y
    I would like to see a video of Dr. Roberts watching Ke$ha's "TikTok" music video...
  • verpetas
    The snapshot of the two of you next to each other reminds me of nothing so much as Nixon shaking hands with Elvis.
  • LOVE the video and the concept -- sending it to everyone!
  • gregworrel
    Youtube views are over 65000! Last night they were at 300. Congratulations Russ on a huge success.

    We will all be able to say we knew him back when he was just a GMU econ professor and now he's a rap star hanging out with Ke$ha.
  • Excellent video! I'm sharing it.
  • It was fantastic, I made my wife and 3 kids watch it. ;-)
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