The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans by Eric Ishiwata, Chad Lavin, Chris Russill, Adrienne Dixson, John Arena, Cedric Johnson, Paul Passavant, Geoffrey Whitehall

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The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans

Eric Ishiwata, Chad Lavin, Chris Russill, Adrienne Dixson, John Arena, Cedric Johnson, Paul Passavant, Geoffrey Whitehall

416 pages • first pub 2011 • 2 editions

nonfiction economics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Katrina was not just a hurricane. The death, destruction, and misery wreaked on New Orleans cannot be blamed on nature’s fury alone. This volume of essays locates the root causes of the 2005 disaster squarely in neoliberal restructuring and examin...