The front page of today’s Financial Times
tells the story of four-year-old Jason Clarke, who was staying at a
shelter in Gulfport, Mississipi, with his mother. The shelter has no
fuel for its generator and has already experienced the tragedy of the
commons–it is out of water or any other drinkable liquid. Jason’s
mother was able to procure a bottle of orange juice “from a black
marketeer hawking bottles of Gatorade sports drink for $5 a bottle.”
A charter boat operator helped “Ms Clarke change a tyre [Brit] on her car so she can escape the shelter.”
