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The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta hosts a series of Public Affairs Forums featuring noted speakers who offer insightful economic perspectives on emerging public policy issues that affect the U.S. and regional economies. Academic, business, and civic leaders from Atlanta and surrounding areas are invited to engage in conversation and hear the speaker discuss the issues. Forum attendance is by invitation only.
To sign up to receive e-email notifications of Public Affairs Forum podcasts or papers, choose Events at http://www.frbatlanta.org/webscriber/user/dsp_login.cfm.
| 2010 | |
| March 10, 2009 | The Economics of Urban Growth Ed Glaeser, professor of economics at Harvard University  Play (MP3 12:26)
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| 2009 | |
| Oct. 8, 2009 | Economics of Urban Transportation Kenneth A. Small, Research Professor and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Irvine Play (MP3 8:13)
Transcript |
| June 17, 2009 | Testing the Waters: Pricing and Urban Water Conservation Sheila M. Olmstead, Associate Professor of Environmental Economics, Yale University Podcast (MP3 6:57)
Transcript and related papers |
| March 11, 2009 | Solving Global Issues: Where Do We Start? Finn Kydland, The Henly Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Nobel Prize Laureate Podcast (MP3 11:57)
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| 2008 | |
| Nov. 12, 2008 | Entitlement Spending: The Coming Reckoning Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics, Boston University, and President, Economic Security Planning Inc. |
| Sept. 10, 2008 | The Economics of Rising Oil Prices—What Is the Cause? James D. Hamilton, Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego |
| May 7, 2008 | The Economics of Immigration Gordon Hanson, Director of the Center on Pacific Economies and Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego |
| Feb. 13, 2008 | The Economics of Health Care Policy Joseph Newhouse, John P. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University |
| 2007 | |
| Oct. 10, 2007 | Real-Time China: Exploring China's Emergence as a Market Economy and a Global Player Dave Altig, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
