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Workers are seen at the construction site of the temporary housing for the earthquake survivors in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 24, 2008
Wednesday, Jul. 09, 2008

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  • HOWARD KUNREUTHER,
  • author of The Economics of Natural Disasters, on his assertion that calamities such as the devastating Sichuan earthquake have an upside: a burst of economic activity due to rebuilding
Photo: Andy Wong / AP | Source: International Herald Tribune