About this episode

The episode discusses how insurance companies profit from climate catastrophes and the resulting impact on people and the planet.

Featuring David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, and Moira Birss on how insurance companies profit off climate catastrophe—and, in doing so, ensure that people and the planet suffer the consequences. Guest hosted by Astra Taylor. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Read “National Disaster Insurance for All: Single-Payer Disaster Insurance and Community Resilience Investments for Safer and More Affordable Housing” climateandcommunity.org/research/national-disaster-insurance-for-all-single-payer-disaster-insurance-and-community-resilience-investments-for-safer-and-more-affordable-housing/ Sign up! Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World reading group equator.org/events/late-victorian-holocausts Buy When We Are Kin and The Veiled Prophet at Haymarketbooks.org

People in this episode

Host: Astra Taylor

Guests: David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, Moira Birss

Topics covered

• climate change
• insurance
• profit
• catastrophe
• community resilience
• housing

Keywords

• insurance
• climate catastrophe
• profit
• community resilience
• housing
• disaster insurance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Dig, Patreon, climateandcommunity.org, equator.org, Haymarket Books

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