Musical Tour of American Economics, 1929 - 2009

or, The Sad Sad Songwriters Full Employment Acts of 1929, 1937, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1999, 1989, 1998, and 2008/2009

Al Jolson -- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover (George W. Bush) -- Kingdom Hearts mashup, music from Annie

Arlo Guthrie -- I Am Changing my Name to Chrysler

Mandy Patinkin -- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Tom Paxton -- I Am Changing my Name to Fannie Mae

Roy Zimmerman -- Buddy, Can You Spare a Billion Trillion Dollars?

Lovely instrumental version of Brother Can You Spare a Dime? from Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day

The Austin Lounge Lizards -- Too Big to Fail

Any Questions? There's a quiz....