Quando la protezione civile fa la guerra ai poveri

Disaster Relief  -More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics
Steven E. Landsburg

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Punti chiave: La guerra ai poveri si fa costringendoli a comprare cose costose – se si mette tutto in sicurezza, tutto sarà più costoso – La protezione civile non rispetta le esigenze dei poveri – I servizi di protezione civile i pennano i costi delle case in zone rischiose – 

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Poor people, far more than rich people, need to watch their budgets. They buy cheaper clothes, cheaper food, and cheaper housing. They’re even willing to live on floodplains

Note:I BISOGNI DEL POVERO

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They can live cheaply but dangerously, or they can pay more and be safer…But a policy of federal disaster assistance tends to erase that choice…

Note:DILEMMA

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If the government stands ready to (literally) bail out New Orleans by raising taxes in Kansas City, then New Orleans housing prices rise and Kansas City housing prices fall. You can no longer escape the risk of a flood by moving to Kansas City; you can no longer reap the benefits of accepting the full risk by moving to New Orleans.

Note:ES. KANSAS E NEW ORLEANS

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It’s good to have cities with different cultures, it’s good to have cities with different musical heritages, and it’s good to have cities with different risk characteristics.

Note:W LA DIFFERENZA

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poor people are disproportionately hurt when disaster-assistance policies make cheap housing more expensive.

Note:BORTOLASO MALTRATTA I POVERI

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we give them disaster relief (which is good) and simultaneously raise their housing costs (which is bad)?

COSTI E BENEFICI