http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/01/31/break-all-the-windows/ What is seen and what is unseen. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/01/31/break-all-the-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Dameyel Welsch Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:56:28 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/01/31/break-all-the-windows/#comment-611 I totally agree with some aspects of the article. All the damage and lives lost in New Orleans is a tragedy. The city will never be the same. I do not agree with Prof. Woodward. It will take more than six months to help New Orleans get to its original state before the storm. The city will need at least ten years to be rebuilt and get more people back in the area. By rebuilding the city, it can improve and add more buildings to the area. The state can take some time to reconstruction New Orleans like other major cities like Houston and Atlanta. By doing this, it can attract more businesses. Instead of looking at the negative, this can become a whole “ new” New Orleans. I totally agree with some aspects of the article. All the damage and lives lost in New Orleans is a tragedy. The city will never be the same. I do not agree with Prof. Woodward. It will take more than six months to help New Orleans get to its original state before the storm. The city will need at least ten years to be rebuilt and get more people back in the area. By rebuilding the city, it can improve and add more buildings to the area. The state can take some time to reconstruction New Orleans like other major cities like Houston and Atlanta. By doing this, it can attract more businesses. Instead of looking at the negative, this can become a whole “ new” New Orleans.

]]> http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/01/31/break-all-the-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Sterling Mack Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:23:59 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/01/31/break-all-the-windows/#comment-11 I agree with you about the destruction is not good for the city economically but there is a bigger picture than that for the destruction. I am not very big on religion but I do believe on God and talk to him everyday. I think the destruction was somewhat good for the city. It was a way of Him telling us it was time to clean up our ways and find the light. God does everything for a reason. I understand your point about our economy was not affected in a positive way but we need to understand more than what we are blessed with. I am not saying you are wrong or a bad person, but our economy needs to change because it is based on dollars instead of unity. I agree with you about the destruction is not good for the city economically but there is a bigger picture than that for the destruction. I am not very big on religion but I do believe on God and talk to him everyday. I think the destruction was somewhat good for the city. It was a way of Him telling us it was time to clean up our ways and find the light. God does everything for a reason. I understand your point about our economy was not affected in a positive way but we need to understand more than what we are blessed with. I am not saying you are wrong or a bad person, but our economy needs to change because it is based on dollars instead of unity.

]]> http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/01/31/break-all-the-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Walt Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:39:30 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/01/31/break-all-the-windows/#comment-8 I agree that there is no way that the destruction of New Orleans is actually good for the city. Oil prices still have not come down to pre-storm status, and prices of construction materials has certainly risen as well. I also agree that there is no infinite supply of resources, and for everything gained something is lost somewhere else. However, what research has the professor of economics who is quoted in the article have? We should assume that since he has received the terminal degree in the field of Economics he knows what he is talking about. What would convince him that New Orleans is going to be better off in the long run? I believe that we should be opened minded enough to want to see his research so we can understand his point of view. Then I think we would be in a better position to say if he is wrong or not. After all it is research that validates the science, and if there is nobody willing to do research that raises questions then the field of Economics will not progress. I agree that there is no way that the destruction of New Orleans is actually good for the city. Oil prices still have not come down to pre-storm status, and prices of construction materials has certainly risen as well. I also agree that there is no infinite supply of resources, and for everything gained something is lost somewhere else. However, what research has the professor of economics who is quoted in the article have? We should assume that since he has received the terminal degree in the field of Economics he knows what he is talking about. What would convince him that New Orleans is going to be better off in the long run? I believe that we should be opened minded enough to want to see his research so we can understand his point of view. Then I think we would be in a better position to say if he is wrong or not. After all it is research that validates the science, and if there is nobody willing to do research that raises questions then the field of Economics will not progress.

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