Unforseen Consequences of an Unforseen Crisis
The New York Times reports on a strange link between the subprime mortgage crisis and the West Nile virus:
An aerial survey (of Bakersfield, California)Â suggested the connection: foreclosures and abandoned homes produced a landscape dotted with untended swimming pools, Jacuzzis and ponds. From the air, they appeared green and were probably producing swarms of mosquitoes…
