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The Long Road Back
Signal Noise in the Post-Katrina Context
March 23, 2007
The Independent Review 12, Number 2, 2007
Recovery from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina has stalled as residents and business owners wait for signs of whether and when their communities and customers are going to return. Tragically, many disaster-response policies and redevelopment initiatives have distorted the signals from markets and civil society that would otherwise foster a swift and sustained recovery.
The ideas presented in this research are the author's and do not represent official positions of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
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