Hurricane Katrina was much more than a natural disaster, it also left New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of the United States financially devastated. The re-building effort will take place on the ground, coordinated largely by the state and federal governments, and financed in capital markets....

The authors trace the history of the Multistate Tax Commission and look at how successful it has been at meeting states' incompatible goals of uniformity and sovereignty. The authors note that the states are unwilling to give up sovereignty to achieve uniformity