Hip-Hop Economics

IMF Podcasts, November 26, 2014

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• Published: November 26, 2014

In This Episode

• Economic ideas can be a hard pill to swallow for non-academics, and yet virtually everyone can benefit from understanding them.
• Economist Russ Roberts discusses how he uses stories, rap music and the internet to help the medicine go down.
• Robert’s hip-hop music video has over seven million views.

Guest and perspective

• Russ Roberts, author, research fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
• Focus on translating economic concepts through storytelling, rap music, and online media to reach broader audiences.

Distribution platforms

• Libsyn
• Spotify
• YouTube
• Soundcloud
• Apple

Production and hosts

• BEHIND THE MIC: Bruce Edwards, International Monetary Fund. Bruce Edwards produces the IMF podcast program; he's an award-winning audio producer and journalist who's covered armed conflicts, social unrest, and natural disasters from all corners of the world. He believes economists have an important role in solving the world's problems and aspires to showcase their research in every IMF podcast.
• Rhoda Metcalfe, RHODA METCALFE is an independent journalist and audio producer.

Content in this bundle

• Roberts (MP3)