October 12, 2015
Peter Boettke on Katrina, Ten Years After
Peter J. Boettke
Director, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Russell Roberts
Affiliated Senior Scholar
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To speak with a scholar or learn more on this topic, visit our contact page.Peter Boettke talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the political and economic lessons he has learned as program director of research in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In this wide-ranging conversation, Boettke discusses the role of civil society, the barriers to recovery that have hampered New Orleans and what worked well as people and institutions responded to tragedy and devastation.
Find more resources about this episode at EconTalk.org.
Read more about the Mercatus Gulf Coast Recovery Project at mercatus.org/Katrina.