Karen Duffin

Karen Duffin is named in Sand heists and property rights in the Caribbean (Summer School) as one of the hosts of the original 2018 Planet Money stolen-sand story, alongside Sarah Gonzalez. Her source-scoped role is reporting context for the Jamaican beach-theft segment rather than expert testimony.

The episode uses that earlier reporting to connect a local Jamaica theft case to Sand Scarcity, resort demand, and Sand Theft Externality.

Connections

• Planet Money, Sarah Gonzalez, and NPR - media context.
• Jamaica, Michael Hilton, and Pascal Peduzzi - reported sand-theft branch.
• Illegal Sand Mining and Small-State Enforcement Capacity - concepts made concrete by the story.