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Post-Katrina New Orleans: how disaster recovery became a lucrative business.
Post-Katrina New Orleans: how disaster recovery became a lucrative business.
| Series: | Thinking allowed; Series 2014 |
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| First transmission date: | 2014-03-12 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2014 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:30:00 |
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| Producer: | Jane Egerton |
| Presenter: | Laurie Taylor |
| Contributors: | Vincanne Adams; Philip O'Keefe; Christopher Swader; Laurie Taylor |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Footage description: | Laurie Taylor talks to Vincanne Adams, US Professor of Medical Anthropology, about her account of market failure after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She discovered private companies profiting from the misery they sought to ameliorate and a second order disaster that intensified inequalities based on race and class. Why were residents left to re-build their lives and homes almost entirely on their own, save for the contribution of churches and charities? Phil O'Keefe, Professor of Economic Development, joins the discussion. Also, 'The Capitalist Personality' - Laurie Taylor explores interpersonal bonds in the post communist world. Christopher Swader, Assistant Professor of Sociology in Moscow, argues that successful people in countries as diverse as China and Russia adjust to the market economy at a social cost, compromising moral values in pursuit of material gain. Is anti social behaviour in new capitalist economies a by-product of their communist pasts or does the individual ambition released by economic development also have a part to play in threatening human relationships? |
| Production number: | AUDA923B |
| Available to public: | no |
