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Multiple Currencies and Gresham’s Law in Zimbabwe

01/08/2015 Mises Daily Finbar Feehan-Fitzgerald

Zimbabwe, in the aftermath of years of hyperinflation, today has nine different currencies that are officially legal tender. The emerging system of multiple currencies offers a chance to make some interesting observations.

Competing Currencies in Somalia

08/01/2013 Mises Daily Finbar Feehan-Fitzgerald

A real-life example of concurrent currencies circulating absent any legal restrictions would contain some heuristic value. The real-life example is Somalia.

Private Law in the Emerald Isle

06/08/2012 Mises Daily Finbar Feehan-Fitzgerald

Brehon law was a private legal system in ancient Ireland that survived until the 17th century.

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