I was born and raised in New Orleans, as were both of my parents and three of my four grandparents. (My dad’s father was born in 1900 to a French-speaking cajun family who lived in the swamps about a hundred miles west of New Orleans.) So you’ll forgive my inordinate interest in the progress of the rebuilding of my hometown during the three years since the levees broke there.
This hot-off-the-press publication of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University provides an excellent and unique perspective on the rebuilding efforts.
