Mises Daily
Author:
Art Carden
Timothy M. Shaughnessy
Online Publish Date:
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike are gone but their legacies will live on. We can learn from disasters and disaster recovery: natural disasters are “teachable moments” because they show how well-intentioned government interventions and even private aid can have unintended negative consequences. Shortages, complaints of “price gouging,”