Commercial actors like Walmart, Home Depot, and Rite Aid played a major role in rebuilding communities and restoring a sense of normalcy after Katrina, demonstrating that commerce is part of, not opposed to, civil society.

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Peter Boettke

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how important the commercial response was by things like Rite Aid and Home Depot and Walmart in terms of bringing a sense of normalcy back to the lives of people in these you know very affected areas

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Peter Boettke on Hurricane Katrina and the Economics of Disaster 12/18/2006EconTalk
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