Comments on: Thanks for Mardi Gras? http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/02/26/110/ What is seen and what is unseen. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:51:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chad http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/02/26/110/comment-page-1/#comment-1339 chad Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:45:09 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/02/26/110/#comment-1339 Here's an article from NOLA.com about the economic impact of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. I sure think sales receipts are a lousy metric (substitution), nor does the number of street vendors seem to be a good one. I'd hang my hat on the hotel figures. http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/business-4/1172525989215600.xml&storylist=louisiana --CT Here’s an article from NOLA.com about the economic impact of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. I sure think sales receipts are a lousy metric (substitution), nor does the number of street vendors seem to be a good one. I’d hang my hat on the hotel figures.

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/business-4/1172525989215600.xml&storylist=louisiana

–CT

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