Boettke on Katrina and the Economics of Disaster
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English - December 18, 2006 12:45 - 1 hour - 17.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsCourses Education Science Social Sciences business leadership health interview entrepreneurship entrepreneur fitness finance politics news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Pete Boettke of George Mason University talks about the role of government and voluntary efforts in relieving suffering during and after a crisis such as Katrina. Drawing on field research he is directing into the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Boettke highlights the role of what he calls "civil society"--the informal, voluntary associations we make as individuals with each other to create community.