Special Briefing

Business & Economics Podcasts

Brought to you by the Volcker Alliance and the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Urban Research, Special Briefing examines the fiscal conditions of cities, counties, and states since the arrival of COVID-19 and how they’re impacted by decisions...

Episodes

Special Briefing on War, Inflation, and the Impact on the Economy and State and Local Budgets

Special Briefing on Transportation Opportunities & Challenges in the New Federalism

Special Briefing on Addressing the Housing Crisis: Innovative Solutions from Across America

Special Briefing on The Year Ahead for Cities

Special Briefing on the Outlook for 2026: How States & Cities Will Adapt to Wrenching Change

Special Briefing: AI in Government—More Efficiency but Fewer Workers?

Strategies for Closing the US Infrastructure Gap

Special Briefing on the Muni Debt Boom: Record Borrowing Amid Budget Strains

Special Briefing on State Budgets: The Big Squeeze

Special Briefing | Mayors under Stress: Financing Local Development around the World

Special Briefing: The Future of Mass Transportation under Trump and the GOP

Special Briefing: The New Administration's First Month

Special Briefing: The Road Ahead for the Economy, States, and Localities as Donald Trump and the GOP Take Charge

Special Briefing: America’s Growth Regions

Special Briefing: Year Ahead for America’s States and Municipalities

Special Briefing: State Tax Breaks

Special Briefing: Doom Loop or Boom Loop—Work from Home and the Challenges Facing US Cities

Special Briefing: America’s $900 Billion Water Crisis

Special Briefing: America’s Hot Growth States

Special Briefing: State Tax Cuts