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Post-disaster economy bucks national trend
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New Orleans Magazine
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August 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright New Orleans Publishing Group Inc. Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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As the New Orleans area approaches the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one picture of the city Is emerging as a community with fewer people but who make more money and have an easier time finding Jobs than before the disaster, according to an economic analysis conducted recently by the University of New Orleans.
"As a country, we've been very concerned about going Into a recession," says Dr. Janet Speyrer, associate dean for research at UNO's College of Business, which produced the report. "If you look at New Orleans specifically, you see a different story. It's not that we're Immune to recession by any means, but we have a different story because of what's happened here since the ...
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