<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Andrew Batson&#039;s Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://andrewbatson.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://andrewbatson.com/author/abatson/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[In the future, all economic debates will be conducted through rap&nbsp;battles]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>That happy future is getting closer, thanks to this excellent discussion of the changing policies of the Chinese government under Xi Jinping, delivered in the hip-hop idiom:</p>
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<p>And let&#8217;s not forget previous instalments in this genre:</p>
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<li>the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGYAhiMwd5E" target="_blank">rap battle</a> on currencies on the codependent US-China economic relationship</li>
<li>the original Keynes vs. Hayek <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk" target="_blank">rap battle</a>, though <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzmTOc" target="_blank">round two</a> is even better</li>
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