Island Life - Listen to the Podcast from This American Life
“Unprecedented amounts of money have been pledged to Haitian relief in the last few months. American households have given over $1 billion and in March, 120 countries pledged over $9 billion(!) to rebuild. The only problem is that - historically - blanketing a country in aid and money has never really worked so well. Is there a chance this time things could be different?”
I’ve become a huge fan of This American Life podcasts - my favorites are still The Giant Pool of Monday and Inside Job, how designs by Wall Street trickle down in devastation to the average man. It’s fascinating how they clarify and put in perspective the entire subprime debacle, and the companies who might have caused the entire financial crisis…
