Ilya Somin over at Volokh Conspiracy discusses a Wall Street Journal piece about rebuilding after a tornado in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri.
"In this recent Wall Street Journal op ed, historian David Beito and economist Daniel Smith explain how respect for property rights enabled the city of Joplin, MO to recover from a devastating tornado much faster than similarly stricken Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which severely restricted property rights in order to pursue a “top-down” redevelopment plan:
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