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How Price “Gouging” Can Help Us

Although price gouging harms countless people after a disaster, its upside is the incentive to increase supply.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and weather and climate disaster cost

Economic Thinkers

Six Facts About Disaster Economics

When natural disasters like hurricanes, massive snowstorms, and wildfires strike a region, their economic impact is far more than the clean-up.

Disaster economics indicate that developed nations tend to lose more property and developing nations more people when a natural disaster strikes.

The Cost of a Parmesan Catastrophe

The cost of a natural disaster tends to be higher in dollars in developed nations and in victims in the developing world.