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Sunday, 20 July 2008

A miracle on World Youth Day
 

Labels: Benedict XVI, current affairs
 steve martin said...

The Pope is right.

Thanks for a great post.

Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:26:00 pm
Shane said...

I wonder how the hookers made out?


Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:48:00 pm
Anthony Paul Smith said...

Not to be a downer but that likely has more to do with a worldwide recession than a lack of idolatry.

Sunday, July 20, 2008 2:16:00 pm
kim fabricius said...

When Jesus was in town, fishmongers, bakers, vinters, and undertakers also complained to their local chambers of commerce.

Sunday, July 20, 2008 5:01:00 pm
MM said...

... I seem to recall that the same sort of complaint was made against the apostle Paul...

Monday, July 21, 2008 7:05:00 am
Adam Kotsko said...

I must echo Anthony's skepticism. Perhaps you could make an argument if this event was the rare exception in a booming global economy -- for instance, if the equivalent had happened during the heyday of the 90's.

Monday, July 21, 2008 9:00:00 am

Sydney shouldn't worry. The city may have spent a lot on world youth day, but the dividends are sure to come after. Has anybody noticed how the city was the backdrop to the week-long event? Surely no city was advertised as much as Sydney during world youth day. But of course, the Olympics is just around the corner, and Beijing will be "it" next...

Monday, July 21, 2008 1:32:00 pm

Thanks for the post Ben -- coming off the back of reading Cavanaugh's "Being Consumed" and Cox's "The Market as God" & some other literature charting the transformation of the nation state into market state, this is extremely apposite. I couldn't however find the article you refer to -- is it only available to subscribers?

Monday, July 21, 2008 7:28:00 pm
Ben Myers said...

James, it won't appear online, since it was just a very small article. It was actually summarising a more extensive article in The Australian Financial Review — I haven't been able to find that exact article, but there's a very similar Australian Financial Review piece here, discussing the economic disappointments of World Youth Day.

Monday, July 21, 2008 8:21:00 pm

Shane - That blog post should have been titled "Brothels expect boom", since it's about predictions and not noting an actual increase in numbers after the fact.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:16:00 am

I'd point the blame squarely on the travel industry for gouging pilgrims. A lot of us in Toronto had to cancel travel plans because the travel agents suddenly decided to return our deposits so they could charge higher aifare

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:36:00 pm

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Saturday, July 26, 2008 5:39:00 pm
