Peter Boettke on Katrina, Ten Years After

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.

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Read more about the Mercatus Gulf Coast Recovery Project at mercatus.org/Katrina.