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During a time of great uncertainty and rapid change, connection and information is a more important resource than ever before. Today's issues could be amplified or altered in a matter of days or hours, so it is vital that organizations and thought leaders frequently share knowledge, dispel rumors, and offer insight.

Hosted by Professor and Lusk Center Director Richard K. Green, Lusk Perspectives offers timely analysis and shares accurate data vetted by leading experts on the latest developments and observations concerning policy, real estate, urban economics and more.

Once interviews are conducted, resources and videos will be made available here and on podcast channels as soon as possible.

Latest Perspectives

Financing Perspectives: What’s Changed, What’s Here to Stay Watch Now

Financing Perspectives: What’s Changed, What’s Here to Stay

July 14, 2020

Bird Anderson Executive Vice President, Homebuilder Banking

Bird Anderson provides updates and observations on the state of the current commercial real estate and homebuilding market. Anderson points out that despite record high unemployment, the market is strong owing in part to the confidence buyers have that remote work will continue to play a major role in the work week. Builders may be cautiously optimistic, but Anderson insists no one anticipates current trends continuing in the long term. Richard Green fields questions about how builders are preparing for 2021, construction costs, and how foreign buyers are influencing the California market.

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Testing, Testing, Testing: Why Broad Testing Matters for COVID-19 Watch Now

Testing, Testing, Testing: Why Broad Testing Matters for COVID-19

March 23, 2020

Neeraj Sood Professor and Vice Dean for Research

Professor Richard K. Green and Neeraj Sood discuss why testing only symptomatic patients for COVID-19 misses the point. Professor Sood advocates for regular, randomized samples of the population to more effectively measure the mortality rate, spread, and recovery rates of the disease in Los Angeles County and beyond.

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The US-China Context: Globalism, Manufacturing, and Industrial Real Estate--What's Next? Watch Now

The US-China Context: Globalism, Manufacturing, and Industrial Real Estate--What's Next?

March 31, 2020

Clayton Dube Executive Director

Professor Clayton Dube and Richard K. Green discuss the connections between COVID-19 in China and the US. In what ways has the impact of the disease in China mirrored that of the US? What can the US learn about the economic recovery beginning in China now? Professor Dube illuminates the inextricable ties of the two world leaders, and clearly identifies where they are dissimilar and what that might mean for US efforts moving forward.

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