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The Monetary Economics of Thurston Howell III

Posted by michael on from the she-sells-seashells dept.

DLWormwood writes "In what has to be the Strangest... Essay... Ever... The libertarian Ludwig von Mises Institute website has posted an essay which goes way too in-depth over the topic of why the castaways of Gilligan's Island used Thurston Howell III's 'worthless paper' instead of gold or seashells."

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  1. Re:End of the Rainbow? by djsmiley · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    shame you failed so badly there.

    On the other hand if anyone would like a gmail account, they could just ASK me? Its something like ask slashdot but you get a worthwhile answer.

    Is anyones elses head hurting while we wait for the 3rd link to recover?

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  2. Re:I liked it, but... by kfg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ". . .all went to seek the yellow gold that the Indians had seen there with Tobacco* fifty years ago. It was the same gold that drove the whites with the cholera over the trail to California, then to Colorado, up the Bozeman trail the Idaho country and now to the Black Hills. Always they ran after the yellow iron that one could not eat or wear or use to heat the winter lodge."

    Cheyenne Autumn -- Mari Sandoz

    *A Cheyenne, not the plant

  3. See, this is why libertarians will never win... by slughead · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    .. they think to much.

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    Latewire