About this episode
Hurricane Harvey has caused a huge amount of property damage, but so far the death toll remains remarkably low. Why? Mike talks to John Mutter , a Columbia University professor who studies how natural disasters affect the poor. Mutter is the author of The Disaster Profiteers . In the Spiel, the deal-making wizardry of President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices