Prepare yourself, natural disasters will only get worse (Washington Post, Sept 2011)
by Erwann Michel-Kerjan – The Washington Post – 09/15/2011 “The world has entered a new era of catastrophes. Economic losses from hurricanes, earthquakes and resulting tsunamis, floods, wildfires and other natural disasters increased from $528 billion (1981-1990) to more than $1.2 trillion over the period 2001-2010. The 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in Japan this [...]