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The Political, Economic, and Social Aspects of KatrinaWorking PapersPeter Boettke, Emily Chamlee-Wright, Peter Gordon, Sanford Ikeda, Peter Leeson, Russell Sobel September 11, 2007 This paper examines the resiliency of community recovery following natural disaster. We argue that a resilient recovery requires robust economic/financial institutions, political/legal institutions, and social/cultural institutions. We find that where post-disaster resiliency has been observed, private-sector responses contributing to the health of these institutional arenas are largely responsible. Where post-disaster fragility and slowness has been observed, public-sector responses contributing to the frailty of these institutional arenas are largely the cause. |
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Power to the NeighborhoodsMercatus Policy Series, Policy CommentsSanford Ikeda, Peter Gordon August 28, 2007 Power to the Neighborhoods by Sanford Ikeda and Peter Gordon explores an innovative idea for recovery: allow communities to decentralize in order to stimulate economic growth. This Policy Comment explores how such a plan could be uniquely suited to post-Katrina New Orleans. |
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Mercatus On Policy - Power to the NeighborhoodsMercatus On PolicySanford Ikeda, Peter Gordon August 24, 2007 Professors Ikeda and Gordon explore an innovative idea for recovery in this release of Mercatus On Policy: allow communities to decentralize in order to stimulate economic growth; a plan that could be uniquely suited for post-disaster areas like the Gulf Coast. |
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On My Mind: Break It UpNews Articles and Op-EdsSanford Ikeda April 9, 2007 "Nineteen months after the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is on its fourth official rebuilding plan, and homeowners in the Big Easy have written off the process. The current planning program is viewed as neither good nor bad. It's simply irrelevant," writes Sandy Ikeda in this Forbes article. |
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Gales of Creative DestructionWorking PapersSanford Ikeda, Peter Gordon February 21, 2007 A working paper on post-Katrina New Orleans and the organic growth of cities. |
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