Regional Plan Association (RPA) has been analyzing and forecasting economic trends for a century, including groundbreaking work such as the Regional Surveys of the 1920s and Regional Accounts of the 1980s. Please join us for a virtual conversation that will highlight RPA’s impacts on the field of urban economics and the role that economics plays in urban planning. At a time when equitable growth is a priority for policymakers across the region, this panel will highlight the historical lessons – and warnings – of RPA’s longstanding engagement with the field.