I'm guessing that the costs to rebuild New Orleans will be born by us; the taxpayers and survivors.(not everyone pays taxes) The companies will do the job with their own and governments money, tally their costs, add a profit, and pass the final on to us.

A free market driven society dosen't always work, a responsible vigilant popular Government is needed to keep the greed driven marketplace under control to avoid additional depressions, or the situation of transition which is taking place here in the US where a two class society is fast approaching. We're at a one third-two thirds ratio now and the upper two thirds are just about ready to recognize that fact. The bottom one third knows it all too well.

Just like New Orleans, the levies and locks of trade agreements cannot be torn down haphazardly without disasterous consequences occuring down stream.