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A look at the growing ‘disaster economy’ turning crisis into cash
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supersquirrel sopuli.xyz supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-12-09
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Link: https://grist.org/business/a-look-at-the-growing-disaster-economy-turning-crisis-into-cash/

“There’s many reasons we don’t have global peace, and part of it is that war is profitable,” said Victoria Salinas, who led FEMA’s resilience initiatives under former president Joe Biden. “Similarly, disaster response is profitable. For some.”
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bitteroldcoot piefed.social bitteroldcoot@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-22
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Well, in their defense. It's been pretty much a continuous crisis since Trump's first term.
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