Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek, Round Two
I was blown away by this video. Round 1 was fun and original, but this Round 2 video blows the first one away in virtually every respect! Musically (very catchy, could conceivably make it as a pop hit if the lyrics were less intellectual!), production-wise (first-class production values all the way, including lovely details like Hayek getting hassled by security with shades of TSA glove-groping, and an obvious Ben Bernanke sitting in the audience with his cronies nodding in approval of Keynes), and message-wise (Hayek's character comes across more favorably here as the underdog with the correct message than he did in the original Keynes vs. Hayek video)! It's the rare non-commercial, pro-freedom music video that I can enjoy watching and listening to repeatedly. Mad props to creators John Papola and Russ Roberts!
Coincidentally, I was just listening in the car this afternoon on the way up to see Ron Paul in Reno to an informative audio recording of a speech by Lew Rockwell contrasting the lives and philosophies of John Maynard Keynes and, not Hayek, but another prominent free market economist of the 20th century, Henry Hazlitt. In contrast with the humble background and sincerity of Hazlitt, Rockwell exposes Keynes as an arrogant elitist lacking in basic intellectual integrity, which isn't *quite* as evident in the video, extremely entertaining and somewhat informative though it is. It's an excellent place to send people who've checked out the video and are curious to learn more:
http://mises.org/media/5728 (or http://mises.org/daily/5001/Hazlitt-and-Keynes-Opposite-Callings for the text of the talk).
Love & Liberty,
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