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Episode 18: On Government and Natural Disaster
JANUARY 22, 2010 by MIKE VAN WINKLE
Mike Van Winkle interviews Sheldon Richman, editor of The Freeman, about the crisis in Haiti and the government’s role in natural disasters.
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