Get Up to Speed on Public Finance with These Podcast Episodes

Getting up to speed on any public finance topic can require going beyond just reading news or reports on a topic, but often it is necessary to hear from an expert or a discussion on a topic. A great way to accomplish this through listening to podcasts. Find three popular public finance topics that you can get up to speed on with five episodes to listen to today.

Learn About the Current State of Infrastructure Policy and Funding

• The Optimistic Outlook: Reversing infrastructure’s legacy of inequality
• The Smart City.Blog Podcast: Christopher Invidiata - The Future of the Single Residential Home
• The World Bank’s Tell Me How: When do Public-Private Partnerships Work Well?
• The Brookings Cafeteria: Betting on the future with infrastructure
• Special Briefing: The Deployment of the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by States and Localities

Start Growing Your Understanding of Economic Outlooks and Forecasts

• IMF Podcats: Kristalina Georgieva: Crisis Upon Crisis: How the World Can Respond
• Special Briefing: Special Briefing on Inflation and Recession Risks for States and Cities
• The Indicator from Planet Money: What Japan's "Lost Decade" teaches us about recessions
• Knowledge at Wharton: Why the Fed Is Walking an Inflation-Recession Tightrope
• St. Louis Federal Reserve Timely Topics: How Broken Supply Chains Affect Inflation

Stay Up-To-Date on the Impacts and Future of Work from Home

• AEI’s The Report Card: Emily Morton and Dan Goldhaber on the Consequences of Remote and Hybrid Instruction During the Pandemic
• Special Briefing: Special Briefing on Work from Home: What it Means for State and Local Economies and Revenues
• Freakanomics: Will Work-from-Home Work Forever?
• University of California Irvine: The economics of why work from home favors the suburbs
• Econofact: Remote Work in the Post-pandemic Era with Nick Bloom