What happens when disaster recovery becomes a luxury good

Grist
By Rebecca Egan McCarthyDec 23, 2025, 9:45 am340 ptsTop
Every year at the Oscars, attendees leave with gift bags so elaborate they have to be reported as income to the IRS. Luxury skincare, personal training sessions, designer apples that never brown, and extravagant trips are standard issue. But in 2025, Academy Award guests also received a grimmer gift: a yearlong…

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