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?"
posted by Jesslyn at 9/24/2006 09:12:00 AM 
