In Hurricane Irene and Walmart’s Staff Meteorologist, from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Eileen Norcross discusses economist Steven Horwitz’s assertion that the private sector was able to handle Hurricane Katrina more adeptly and more quickly than FEMA.
The article link’s to the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship’s interview of Horwitz on this very issue.
The Mercatus Institute, “a university-based research center [that] works to advance knowledge about how markets work to improve our lives,” has a web page devoted to research on Hurricane Katrina. Questions explored by the Mercatus researchers include: How did New Orleans communities that have recovered since Katrina do so? What effect did social entrepreneurship have on their recovery? What kinds of government policies could facilitate a quicker recovery from future disasters? Among the experts featured are two CEE Guest Speakers, Emily Chamlee-Wright and Steven Horwitz.
Also, watch our interview with Dr. Horwitz on the role of Wal-Mart in New Orleans’ recovery.
Below is a brief video interview of CEE’s executive director Dr. Stephen Hicks with our Spring 2009 guest speaker Dr. Steven Horwitz about Wal-Mart’s response to Hurricane Katrina.
Below is a ten-minute video interview of CEE’s executive director Dr. Stephen Hicks with our Fall 2008 guest speaker Dr. Emily Chamlee-Wright, discussing her research on entrepreneurship in post-Katrina New Orleans.
