Dr. Benny Peiser 07.05.2008 12:12 +Feedback
Before and After Hurricane Katrina: How Government Makes Disasters More Disastrous
Disasters can sometimes shock a nation into questioning entrenched practices. But Hurricane Katrina, perhaps the worst natural disaster ever to befall America, has failed to spark serious challenge to long-standing government policies that actively promote building and living in disaster-prone areas. The Katrina tragedy should have called into question the so-called safety net composed of government policies that actually encourage people to embrace risks they would otherwise shun--to build in defiance of historically obvious dangers, secure in the knowledge that innocent others will be forced to share the costs when the worst happens. Without blaming the victims for having followed their own government’s lead, it is time to question whether those policies should continue.
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