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The 'Ground-Zero Mosque' and Grand Staircase Escalante

Mises Daily: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by Ryan P. Long

Regarding the media frenzy about the "Ground-Zero Mosque," Ryan Long asks: if the land surrounding the World Trade Center is so sacrosanct for some Americans, why haven't they purchased it themselves? read more…

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Habemus Economistem: Some Economics of Papal Deaths and Successions

Mises Daily: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by Christopher Westley

What happens to the price of hotels in Rome when the Pope dies? The market experiences shock that, in macroeconomic terms, would seem to destabilize the system. Still, with careful planning, the market manages just fine. read more…

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Sir Thomas Smith: Mercantilist for Sound Money

Mises Daily: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by Murray N. Rothbard

Rothbard shows that Gresham's law was introduced not by Sir Thomas Gresham but by the "arrogant, boorish, and feisty" Sir Thomas Smith the Elder (1513–1577), a bitter critic of debasement who was exiled from the court in 1549. He fought back with a book. read more…


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