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The Economics and Ethics of Hurricane Katrina
Author(s) -
Rockwell, Jr. Llewellyn H.,
Block Walter E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2010.00745.x
Subject(s) - hurricane katrina , radicalization , government (linguistics) , political science , public administration , natural disaster , political economy , sociology , law , geography , meteorology , terrorism , philosophy , linguistics
A bstract How might free enterprise have dealt with Hurricane Katrina and her aftermath. This article probes this question at increasing levels of radicalization, starting with the privatization of several government “services” and ending with the privatization of all of them.