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Sandy May Have an Economic Silver Lining
The New York Stock Market is closed today -- and maybe tomorrow as well. Many businesses may be destroyed. Is there any upside to a major disaster? Hurricane Sandy is already history's largest storm north of the Carolinas, and the economic consequences are already clear. But Hurricane Sandy may ultimately have a mixed impact on business.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe New York Stock Market is closed today -- and maybe tomorrow as well. Many businesses may be destroyed. Is there any upside to a major disaster? Hurricane Sandy is already history's largest storm north of the Carolinas, and the economic consequences are already clear. But Hurricane Sandy may ultimately have a mixed impact on business. That's according to Derek Thompson at The Atlantic.
