The Essential Podcast, Episode 14 : Rise of the Small City - The Limits of De-Urbanization

About this Episode

As knowledge-workers around the world have converted to work-from-home models, the costs and challenges of large cities are being re-evaluated. What factors are driving de-urbanization, and what are the countervailing forces that may keep people in cities? James Pomeroy, Global Economist at HSBC, shares perspectives on the potential winners and losers in a time of de-urbanization.

The Essential Podcast from S&P Global is dedicated to sharing essential intelligence with those working in and affected by financial markets. Host Nathan Hunt focuses on those issues of immediate importance to global financial markets – macroeconomic trends, the credit cycle, climate risk, energy transition, and global trade – in interviews with subject matter experts from around the world.

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Show Notes

Read the research discussed in this episode:

• In "Leaving the city — How will life change if we commute less?," James Pomeroy looks at the potential impact of the coronavirus lockdown on urbanization trends.

The Essential Podcast is edited and produced by Molly Mintz.