Zywicki on Hurricane Response

Alumni Trustee Todd Zywicki ’88 has posted to his blog several interesting pieces about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

• He raises several questions about the government’s spending priorities now that it has committed to funding the rebuilding; he links to Professor Andrew Samwick’s commentary on the subject, which argues that some new, temporary taxes may be in order to control deficits.
• “Limits on ‘price gouging’ are counterproductive,” even in the context of a sudden supply shock, he says.
• He notes today that Dartmouth had a fairly good response to the disaster, including a blog to help survivors contact one another.