DealBook: Hurricane Price Gouging Is Despicable, Right? Not to Some Economists

September 11, 2017 Andrew Ross Sorkin When a devastating hurricane like Irma or Harvey arrives, stories about price gouging inevitably spread quickly. Last week, a one-way coach flight from Miami to Phoenix jumped in price from $547.50 to $3,258.50, prompting...

Damp, Dark and Disarrayed, Florida Starts Coping With Irma’s Aftermath

By ALEXANDER BURNS September 11, 2017 Florida emerged from Hurricane Irma on Monday as a landscape of blacked-out cities, shuttered gas stations, shattered trees and flooded streets, while the now-weakened storm kept sweeping northward. Major streets...