5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Five festive dishes for an easy Eid lunch
Fariha Khan of the School of Arts & Sciences says that many people no longer have time to prepare meals from scratch for Eid, especially if they’re working outside the home.
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This bank proposal will damage our economy and make voters even more resentful
In an Op-Ed, Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that a system of public guarantees for bank debts of any size would lead to economic, financial, and political damage.
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The Fed is doing too much, all at once
A study co-authored by Itamar Drechsler of the Wharton School finds that banks may collectively face paper losses of as much as $1.7 trillion in long-term bond holdings.
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How should I use A.I. chatbots like ChatGPT?
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School recommends using A.I. to provide momentum by overcoming writer’s block or getting a running start on hard projects.
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I took over my father’s finances at 25. The lessons were hard-won
Wendy De La Rosa of the Wharton School says that people tend to internalize financial situations, eliciting emotions that direct a lot of future spending behavior.
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The unsettling truth about Trump’s first great victory
Daniel Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on a paper co-written by the School’s William Marble which asserts that Donald Trump’s largest gains in 2016 support compared to 2012 came from whites with moderate racial resentment.
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Push to insure big deposits percolates on Capitol Hill
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that the 2010 Dodd-Frank law ended the option for agencies to temporarily insure larger transaction accounts the way they did in 2008.
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Wuhan market samples contained COVID and animal mixtures, report says
Frederic Bushman of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the report finding COVID-infected raccoon dogs in China had sound methods but isn’t absolute proof that the animals were the source of the pandemic.
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California marks three years since COVID stay-at-home orders
Marissa King of the Wharton School says that social connection brings lots of joy and is critical for mental well-being.
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Before collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Fed spotted big problems
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was a failure of supervision and possibly of supervisors.