# In an in-depth interview, Prof. Paul Romer shares his thoughts on urbanization, driverless cars and helping the world's poor

1 Faculty News March 16, 2015 ![EconTalk logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/econtalk.jpg?itok=Iog6L_Tx)>

Excerpt from [EconTalk](http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2015/03/paul_romer_on_u.html) -- "Well, we do know for sure that there's a huge excess demand for urban life. People will take huge risks, take on huge costs, to get to cities. They'll live in very difficult circumstances, often illegal, informal circumstances, crime-ridden circumstances, to get the benefits that cities offer. We know that there's a big demand there. And the challenge is how to... have a supply response that could meet that demand."

[Listen here](http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2015/03/paul_romer_on_u.html)