On this page, we like to feature monetary minstrel Jon Shayne, a Nashville investment manager whose nom de croon is Merle Hazard. Merle has written and sung such classics as H-E-D-G-E, In the Hamptons ...

Forget Gordon Gekko. Wall Street has a new villain. He wears a diamond watch, toasts his own pay, has brains but lacks heart and mocks risk control. Meet Diamond Jim. The banker in question is the ...

Wolf Jackson, Merle Hazard and Frances Cunningham.(Courtesy of John Shayne.Photographer: Ann Shayne.)Country singer Merle Hazard is back, but this time he’s not crooning about hedge funds or the ...

It's been a busy month for Merle Hazard, Nashville's answer to the question "Why hasn't the country music industry produced more hat acts with a bent for neo-classical microeconomics and the marginal ...

I’m gonna let this speak for itself: Merle Hazard — in real life is a money manager in Nashville named Jon Shayne. Sign up for the Marketplace newsletter to get stories that help you live smarter — ...

Curtis Threadneedle has put out this Barry White-style ballad about Quantitative Easing. It's co-written by country-western economics star, Merle Hazard. 'Quantitative Easin' by Curtis Threadneedle ...

One money manager has set Wall Street's financial blues to music — country music. "H-E-D-G-E" is the name of a new song about a hedge fund. The country crooner, whose real name is Jon Shayne, sings ...

Nashville's crooning practitioner of the dismal science, Merle Hazard, is back in the econosaddle with a hot new tune (and a green screen!) about Wall Street bailouts, investment banks, and the Fed.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Merle Hazard is the self-proclaimed "first and only country singer to ...