I still owe a long post on this topic, and while I’m banging out the New Orleans posts, I’m not ready to write this one out right now. I promise I’ll get to it sometime this weekend. In a related note, Rick Santorum has a new book out that deserves scorn, and I’ll fold that [...]
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Great article on price gouging. “Gougers” perform a valuable public service. Price “gouging” is purely in the mind of the beholder, and there’s no way to distinguish between it and the necessary signals that the market must have to ensure the most efficient use of resources. The price “gougers” are (often, if not always) the [...]
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Bush in a Tree has some more on the Mayor and the lack of leadership, mixed in with the Official New Orleans disaster evacuation plan. Like a lot of government documents, the City of New Orleans emergency plan reads like a term paper written the night before it’s due – long, overwrought and complicated. Its [...]
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It seems that people are having a bit of hysteria because some officials (notably Denny Hastert) are questioning the wisdom of rebuilding New Orleans. Before we shove over $100 billion into the rebuild, doesn’t it make sense to review a few things? 1). Geography. New Orleans (at the present site) is an average of 5 [...]
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