Episode 12 - Fiscal Federalism and Disaster Spending

Disaster Politics Podcast

In this episode we talk about fiscal federalism, and the intersection of state and federal spending on disasters. Our guest is Anne Stauffer (@AStaufferDC) from the Pew Charitable Trusts (@PewStates). Here are the links to a few of the reports we talk about on the podcast: From the Pew Charitable Trusts What We Don't Know About State Spending on Natural Disasters Could Cost Us (report): http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2018/06/19/what-we-dont-know-about-state-spending-on-natural-disasters-could-cost-us Federal Disaster Assistance Goes Beyond FEMA http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2017/09/federal-disaster-assistance-goes-beyond-fema Event video: What Do States Spend on Natural Disasters? http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/events/2018/what-do-states-spend-on-natural-disasters And lastly, you can find all of Anne’s work on natural disaster assistance here http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/08/02/disaster-assistance (All future work on this topic will also be posted to this page) Other Reports/Articles: CRS Report on Agricultural Disaster Assistance https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21212.pdf Myopic Voters and Natural Disaster Policy http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=econ_fac Theme Music is Chicky & Chacky by KieLoBot (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KieLoBot/Chicky__Chacky/Chicky_Chacky_KMT_01). Transition music is Hippie Bulle Mushroom Funghi (KM+ T 04) by KieLoBot (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KieLoBot/Chicky__Chacky/Hippie_Bulle_Mushroom_Funghi_KM_T_04).