University of Alaska Anchorage Economics Professor Kevin Berry returns to the podcast to discuss the Alaska economy. For a deeper dive into his personal story, listen to his episode from November 2022 (click here). Today we talk about the way the private sector and the public sector economies interact with each other in typical states and how Alaska is different; the need for zoning change in Anchorage; and ways that Anchorage's current community councils might be improved.

To read Dan Robinson's article, "Government and Private Sector Jobs," in Alaska Economic Trends, June 2024, click here.

To read " SHORT-RUN ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF ALASKA FISCAL OPTIONS ," by  Gunnar Knapp, Matthew Berman, and Mouhcine Guettabi from the Institute of Social and Economic Research, click here.