IHS Seminars are good for something, another song
I went to an IHS seminar earlier this summer, where Tom Bell wrote a nifty little ditty, and I played along on guitar.
But Sasha Volok has outdone us a bit:
(To the tune of Surfing USA)
We’re doing battle with statists
Across the USA,
‘Cause everybody’s reading Hayek,
The man from Austri-ay –
In spontaneous order
We let the market play,
With the writer Fred Hayek,
H-A-Y-E-K.
We use the signals of prices
And then we’ll be O.K.,
‘Cause no one knows what’s efficient
Unless they have to pay;
If we replace that with planning
Like once in Russ-i-ay, [pronounced “Rush-Eye-Ay”]
We’ll take the road to serfdom –
Serfdom USA.
[Backup singers should at this point start singing, “Serfdom, serfdom USA, Friedrich H-A-Y-E-K.”]
We still have government bureaus,
Just like the FDA, [replace with three-letter agency of your choice ending in A]
But the welfare state mindset
Will soon become passe.
Ayn Rand said he was evil,
Which makes him A-O.K. –
Friedrich August von Hayek, H-A-Y-E-K.
Quick, someone get this over to Bruce Caldwell ASAP!
(Hat tip to Mungowitz)
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One Response to “IHS Seminars are good for something, another song”
…fun that, some several months ago, I asked you about ‘all this free market economics stuff’…
…and then I see you quoting from Munger’s blog, and commenting on Cafe Hayek, where I’ve ended up after listening to (and loving) all of the econtalk podcasts.
Anyway…funny comment about the titles of Russ’ new book sounding like a religious book.
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