Why FEMA Makes Things Worse: Theory and History

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Tags: Big Government, Bureaucracy and Regulation, The Police State

11/16/2024 Robert P. Murphy

Amy LePore’s doctoral dissertation covered the perverse incentives of federal money for disaster management on local officials. She joins Bob to talk about FEMA’s poor track record in recent disasters but also going back to Hurricane Katrina.

Amy’s Dissertation on the Effects of Federal Financial Aid: Mises.org/HAP474a

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