Mises Daily
Author:
Rob Moody
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Bobbie Jean Harvey had a problem: She was quickly running out of gas. It was September 11, and four airliners had just been hijacked and slammed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Panicked customers were flocking to the two gas stations Ms. Harvey owns near Midland, Mich., to top off their tanks in case the supply of gas was disrupted.