In the wake of two major hurricanes and the calls for federal intervention, we repost Vedran Vuk's classic 2006 article that detailed how by "doing its job," FEMA blocked economic recovery in New Orleans after the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
Vedran Vuk
Vedran Vuk has a bachelor degree of economics from Loyola University of New Orleans, and was a 2006 summer fellow at the Mises Institute. He is currently pursuing a doctorate of economics at George Mason University. He has contributed two chapters to the upcoming first-ever Ron Paul biography, Ron Paul: A Life, coming out in early September 2008. Visit his blog, vedranvuk.blogspot.com. Send him mail.