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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Barbara Kahn of the Wharton School said the pandemic has led to consumers to adopt “e-commerce behaviors that we didn’t expect to see for a few years from now.”
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Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School said every appointment to the Federal Reserve is significant. “Each governor and each reserve bank president gets, with the appointment, a bully pulpit,” he said. “And what that governor or president does with that pulpit can matter significantly.”
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Lisa Servon of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design spoke about the hazards of short-term, high-interest loans, which people of color, single parents, and low-income people are most likely to rely upon. “The situation that you want to avoid is people that are getting in over their head and going into this cycle in which they’re taking out a loan, not paying it back, paying the fee again for the second loan, and again and again, until they’re paying back way more than they borrowed,” Servon said.
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Zeke Hernandez of the Wharton School was interviewed about new restrictions on work visas and how those obstacles could negatively affect the U.S. economy. “Immigrants are a leading indicator of where capital will flow in the future,” he said.
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Britta Glennon of the Wharton School said restrictions on H-1B visas can lead to outsourcing. “So those jobs aren’t necessarily going to Americans,” she said.
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Nancy Rothbard of the Wharton School offered recommendations for balancing life and work while working remotely, including creating a distinct space in the home for work, taking enough breaks, and scheduling a time to formally stop working each day.
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Susan B. Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice spoke about the pandemic’s effect on women in abusive relationships, particularly in light of a surge in gun sales.
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Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice spoke about homeless people struggling during the pandemic. “Our primary strategy for prevention and containment is, basically, sheltering in place and quarantine,” he said. “Neither of these things are really effective options for people who are either living unsheltered or in what are typically pretty densely populated shelters.”
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Allison Elias of the Wharton School commented on Goldman Sachs’ efforts to diversify its board of directors, which could encourage other companies to do the same. “I think that this Goldman decision is symbolic of the strength of the business case and the belief people have in it,” she said.
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Americus Reed of the Wharton School said there’s a new onslaught of niche beauty products in mainstream retail outlets. Many of the brands “are meant for different types of skin so there’s a diversity and inclusion kind of component,” he said.