Economics for the ear
Economics featured in rock music
Below, you find an inexhaustive list of cool rock songs that feature economic ideas or concepts in their lyrics. Suggestions are, of course, always very welcome :)
Ten Years After - I'd like to change the world: Fairness in taxation
Talking Heads - This must be the place (naive melody): Partial equilibrium
Tom Cochrane - Life is a highway: Opportunity costs
Human Beinz - Nobody but me: (Natural) monopoly
Bob Dylan - Like a rolling stone: Myopic consumption behavior
The Rollings Stones - (I can't get no) satisfaction: Monotonic preferences
The Jackson 5 - I want you back: Loss aversion
The Beatles - Hey Jude: Sunk cost fallacy
Bobby Hebb & Ron Carter - Sunny: Reciprocity
The Animals - Don't let me be misunderstood: Asymmetric information
Leonard Cohen - Nevermind: Grim trigger strategy
Blondie - One way or another: Retaliation
Starship - We built this city: Collective action