About this episode
On today's Gist, thick-as-bricks Lego thieves come a-tumbling down. Hurricane recovery has been a disaster in Puerto Rico. NPR's Laura Sullivan wanted to know why. So she found documents revealing a FEMA in shambles. She traced Puerto Rico's economic troubles back to a 1996 tax vote . And she explains how the island's remaining wealth was wiped out by years of shady municipal debt deals. Sullivan's report for NPR and Frontline is called " Blackout in Puerto Rico. " You should really watch it. In the Spiel, is it spring yet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices