Barry Ritholtz isn't happy that people are discussing the economic positives of Katrina. Does anyone really believe there are positives?
While I don't normally link to political pieces, I really liked this one, problemably becaues it sums up my own views so well.
From what I can tell in the last couple days' reading, Katrina has chiefly served to confirm people in their previously held views. Liberals proclaim it proof of the need for a rob_businessust federal government (shades of Bill Moyers in September 2001), conservatives find themselves confirmed in their belief in the overriding importance of social order vigorously enforced, and libertarians regard the disaster and its aftermath as an exemplary failure of government. (Anarchists see government failing at even its core functions. State-accepting libertarians see government as having ignored its core functions for inappropriate pursuits.) Environmentalists amaze themselves with the realization that Katrina proves we need cars with better gas mileage and religious nuts of all persuasions discern the hand of God smiting their - and, need it be said, his own - enemies.
He's right. Everyone wins…again. (via Hit and Run.)
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