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...

Before Pounding Florida, Hurricane Took Out Its Fury on Another Part of the U.S.

By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ September 11, 2017 TUTU, V.I. — With residents ignoring the loosely enforced curfew here and lining up hours before the makeshift pantries opened, it was clear Monday that many were still going to end the day hungry....