Gresham's World: Global Traffic, Trade and the Metamorphosis of England

Commuting to avoid paying big city taxes? Some things never change.

Great lecture. I'd title it "The Beginnings of English Pomposity." ;-)

Great lecture.
About the poor doctor: He was using mercury and arsenic and strychnine to treat his patients. It was the way of things, in those days. So he was, literally, trying to kill her as hard as he could, in the name of science! "A few more courses of leeches will stimulate the four humors favorably! We have that from Galen!"