The Global Economy Here at Home

As this pandemic unfolds, we’re hearing about how it’s affecting
the global economy here at home. Although that might sound like
an oxymoron, and “the global economy” might feel far removed from
your daily life, for all three guests on this edition of Out to
Lunch Louisiana, the global economy here at home is an integral
part of their lives.


As the state’s second-highest ranking elected official,
Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is responsible for our
connection to the rest of the world through the offices of the
Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism.


Louisiana's Tourist Global Economy


The reason people visit Louisiana is primarily to experience what
for us is everyday life. Our food. Our music. Our outdoors. Our
Southern Hospitality. And so, it’s fitting that in this
state these elements of our life, grouped together in the
Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, under
the leadership of the state's second highest ranking elected
official.


Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser may well have thought that
when he was President of beleaguered Plaquemines Parish in the
wake of Hurricane Katrina, he was fighting the biggest economic
battle of your life. Now he's in the position of leading the
State in what is going to be an even more daunting recovery, of
unprecedented and monumental importance.


Louisiana's Fashion Global Economy


Ellie Schwing has a foot in two Coronavirus hotspots. New Orleans
and Italy. Originally a New Orleanian, Ellie moved to Rome,
in 2014. That’s where she founded and has grown a successful
fashion business, BENE Handbags and Scarves.


BENE manufactures high end leather handbags and silk scarves that
are Italian in style and quality, but retain a New Orleans
sensibility, as a result both of Ellie’s background and her
continued design collaboration with New Orleans artists.


Louisiana's Oil Global Economy


In Acadiana, Ragen Borel has an oil and gas engineering and
manufacturing business called MAP Oil Tools. MAP does business
with oil producers around the world, and has more employees in
China and Dubai than here in the U.S. Since Ragen was last a
guest on Out to Lunch Acadiana, only a few short months ago,
everything about the oil business and her business, has changed.


See photos from this show by Jill Lafleur, and more, on our
website
https://itsbatonrouge.la/2020/04/14/the-global-economy-here-at-home/


Previous coverage of the Covid Economy is here.


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