5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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The art of asking your parents for money
Richard Shell of the Wharton School comments on why parents who are relatively well off might be reluctant to give their children money.
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Sandra Day O’Connor and the promise of civic education
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes that teaching schoolchildren about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship might be the only way to heal our polarized society.
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Red states struggle to clean voter rolls without ERIC
Michael Morse of Penn Carey Law says that inaccurate voter rolls are an integrity problem and an access problem.
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What immigration actually does to jobs, wages and more
Zeke Hernandez of the Wharton School speaks about the economics of immigration and explains why it doesn’t cause job losses for native workers.
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The SEC has the power to save itself from constitutional doubts
In a co-written Op-Ed, David Zaring of the Wharton School says that the SEC’s in-house adjudication system can survive a constitutional challenge if the Supreme Court, Congress, or the agency itself implement a right to removal to federal court.
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How will Philadelphia finance climate change?
In an Op-Ed, Eugenie Birch of the Weitzman School of Design, William Burke-White of Penn Carey Law, and Mauricio Rodas of the Penn Institute for Urban Research write that Philadelphia will need to blend public and private climate financing to adapt to ever-growing climate risks.
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Mideast war pushes companies to extend diversity programs to faith groups
Stephanie Creary of the Wharton School says that the U.S. has always had issues dealing with faith in any setting, whether education or workplaces.
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Pro take: Fed operating losses are piling up amid higher interest rates
A paper co-authored by Christina Skinner of the Wharton School argues that if the Federal Reserve was a private-sector bank, it could face a takeover, bankruptcy, or liquidation.
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With the stock market in ‘striking distance’ of all-time high, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel warns the only thing that can derail it is Jerome Powell
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that the Dow Jones could be in for an all-time high but cautions that the Federal Reserve’s fixation on inflation fears could knock it off course.
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Don’t let your company holiday party turn into a horror story. Here are seven expert tips to master it
Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School says that too much alcohol can lead to unfavorable impressions and crossed social lines at work parties.