handbook

Wednesday, September 1, 2004

 

The Monetary Economics of Thurston Howell III

`Gilligan’s Island is now out on DVD, reawakening the unanswered questions of childhood: why does the Skipper let Gilligan help with anything when he knows he’ll just screw it up? [..] And why do any of the other stranded castaways treat the millionaire’s government money as valuable while stuck on an island where no such government can enforce its value?

[..] that last question stuck with me.’




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