{"id":8247,"date":"2013-12-25T05:11:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T05:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/12\/25\/the-pope-is-just-wrong-about-economics\/"},"modified":"2013-12-25T05:11:11","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T05:11:11","slug":"the-pope-is-just-wrong-about-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/12\/25\/the-pope-is-just-wrong-about-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pope is Just Wrong about Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.org\/newsroom\/article.asp?id=4830\" target=\"_self\">Pope Francis&#39; Erroneous Economic Pontifications<\/a>&#0160; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.org\/newsroom\/article.asp?id=4831\" target=\"_self\">Once Again, Pope Francis<\/a>. 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