Songs about Class, Poverty, and Economic Justice - EdChange.

Factoryperformed by Bruce Springsteen from the album Darkness on the Edge of Town about the struggles of the working class through the eyes of a boy:

«Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain,
I see my daddy walking through them factory gates in the rain,
Factory takes his hearing, factory gives him life,
The working, the working, just the working life»

Jacob's Latter performed by Mark Wills from the album Greatest Hits about connecting across socioeconomic classes:

«Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy

Raised at the fork in the road in a clapboard house

And Rachael was a land baron's daughter

Born with a silver spoon in her mouth

Her daddy said he wouldn't stand

For Rachael to waste her life with a common man»

Pirate Jennyperformed by Nina Simone from the album I Put a Spell on You about mistreatment coming back to haunt the oppressor, and triumph from invisibility:

«You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors

And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawking

Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell

In this crummy Southern town

In this crummy old hotel

But you'll never guess to who you're talkin'.

No. You couldn't ever guess to who you're talkin'»

Rich Girlperformed by Hall and Oates from the album The Very Best of about the disconnect between wealth and responsibility:

«You're a rich girl and you've gone too far

'Cause you know it don't matter anyway

You can rely on the old man's money

You can rely on the old man's money»

Why I Sing the Blues performed by B.B. King from the album Why I Sing the Blues about a history and lifetime of racial and economic oppression:

«I laid in the ghetto flat

Cold and numb

I heard the rats tell the beadbugs

To give the roaches some

And everybody wants to know why I sing the blues

I've been around a long time

I've really paid my dues»

Abba- Money, Money, Money.

Use of music to teach economics - American Economic Association

Ищем в песнях экономические термины. Например, следующие:

Advertising Mortgage Budget Opportunity Cost Capital Policy Capitalism Poverty Competition Price Discrimination Consumption Principles Costs Profit Credit Property Rights Debt Public Choice Deficit Rent Demand Resources Development Savings Earnings Scarcity Expenses Self Interest Free Trade Sunk Costs Income Mobility Supply Inflation Taxes Insurance Unemployment Interest Urban Decline Loan Value Luxury Wages Market Warranty Money

Студенческий анализ песни «Money» Pink Floyd:

“Money speaks of many socioeconomic issues. The most prevalent is the basic cliché that people with money make the rules, or that a person needs a lot of money to be happy. Unfortunately, on the basis of supply and demand as well as scarcity, there is not enough money to fulfill everyone‟s wants. Investing is also mentioned, such as keeping a „stash‟ to invest with in order to make your amount of money grow. Investing leads to further economic growth by not allowing money to sit idle, but to work towards the expansion of output producing sectors. An investor also needs to feel secure about the economy; either he has faith his money will increase in value, or he has enough „stashed‟ to not be hurt by a bad investment. Another theory mentioned is Classical Theory, as first written by Adam Smith in the Wealth of Nations in 1776. Throughout the song Pink Floyd is proving the second assumption; that individuals act in matters of self-interest. The song also discusses the „American Dream‟; a belief that any person who works hard will be able to succeed. Cash tends to motivate people towards bettering themselves through material goods. This forces people to try and satisfy their unlimited wants with their limited means, the fundamental concept of economics. The performers seem to make this a laid-back, easy-going kind of song, even though they sound as though they feel strongly about the words and message. This song also implies that people should not act as chronicled in the song; that the performers were being sarcastic, and think such greed is unnecessary. Therefore, people who are involved in such greed need to prioritize and people should not make such a fuss about material things, and be happy with what they have”.

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