Description
Filled with the steadily desperate voices of residents who returned to New Orleans, Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith describes the human toll of disaster capitalism and the impact economy it has produced. Whilst for-profit companies delayed delivery of federal resources to returning residents, faith-based and nonprofit groups stepped in to rebuild, compelled by the moral pull of charity and the emotional rewards of volunteer labor. Adams traces the success of charity efforts, even Whilst noting a real understatement of neoliberalism, which encourages the exact same for-profit companies to exploit these charities as every other market opportunity. In so doing, the companies profit not once but twice on disaster.