# Merle Hazard has a new song. This one’s about self-driving trucks

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/merle-hazard-has-a-new-song-this-one-s-about-self-driving-trucks/115404>\
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**Created:** [April 10, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/merle-hazard-has-a-new-song-this-one-s-about-self-driving-trucks/115404 "2018-04-10T16:44:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Waterbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f07891/32.png) [@Waterbuff](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Waterbuff)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/merle-hazard-has-a-new-song-this-one-s-about-self-driving-trucks/115404/1 "2018-04-10T16:44:58Z")

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_Merle Hazard is, as far as we know, the world’s only singing cowboy — singing about economics, that is. We love to feature his twinkle-toe takes on the much-hated college subject because 1) his songs are so funny, and 2) they so astutely encapsulate key issues in the dismal science, unsurprising since in the workaday world Merle is Jon Shayne, a sobersides Harvard-trained investment manager._

> **[Merle Hazard has a new song. This one’s about self-driving trucks](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/merle-hazard-has-a-new-song-this-ones-about-self-driving-trucks)**
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> With this post, Making Sen$e debuts Merle Hazard’s newest effort to combine economic comedy and analysis: “Dave’s Song."

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/merle-hazard-has-a-new-song-this-one-s-about-self-driving-trucks/115404/2 "2018-04-10T17:26:03Z")

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Will Merle Hazzard make the charts like C.W. McCall?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/RVh179oXFao?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDRVh179oXFao

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/merle-hazard-has-a-new-song-this-one-s-about-self-driving-trucks/115404/3 "2018-04-10T19:35:14Z")

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That song was a huge hit.