Big Government and the Big Easy

Article by Norm Ball on New Orleans and post-Katrina reconstruction:

"New Orleans languishes today in a state of economic disrepair. With disruptions to the normal balance of life so complete, the traditional paths to economic recovery--aid, grants, job programs, private charities--cannot take hold. The self-healing, virtuous circle has been severed: no jobs, no people, no people, no jobs. When economic activity comes to a dead stop, what or whom steps in as the Prime Mover?"