In arguing here that vandalism such as French car-burning is an economic boon, Dalrymple is surely being sarcastic. But that’s not to say some government functionary somewhere doesn’t actually believe it. Regardless, the solution is more Bastiat.
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Well, rather than car burning, we should probably have wished for a earthquake/tsunami of sorts, a least one american economist thinks it good for the economy:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/meltdown-macroeconomics/
Though why this solution would work in Japan and not Haiti is beyond me. Still, remember WW2 ended the great depression.