Blog
Economics Tracks - Music in Turbulent Times!
12th September 2011
The Economics Teaching community on Twitter is firing into action at the moment offering ideas for Econ Tracks - creative and fun suggestions for music to be played in economics lessons! To follow the ideas as they are posted on Twitter simply use this hash tag #econtracks - and here is a selection of the tracks put forward so far….artistic licence is encouraged!
Genuine stuff!
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing [happiness]
The Beatles: Money, Taxman [fiscal policy]
Sonique - It Feels So Good [consumer confidence]
Westlife - You Raise Me Up [monetary policy tightening]
The Manic Street Preachers - ‘Everything Must Go’ [price discrimination]
Take That - Patience [time lags]
D’ream - Things Can Only Get Better [double-dip]
Fairground Attraction - Its got to be perfect [competition]
Beyonce - Ring on it [opportunity cost]
A slight tweak!
First Cut is the Deepest [fiscal policy]
Olly Murs - Please Don’t Let Me Default [Euro Crisis]
Bridging loan over troubled water [banking reform]
Elvis - A Little Less Consumer Spending [re-balancing economy]
Elton John - Recovery Seems to Be the Hardest Word [economic cycle]
Cascada - Evacuate the Tradingfloor [panic]
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.