Wharton School

New Tax Code

This year saw sweeping changes to the current tax-code. The University of Pennsylvania has experts able to comment on various aspects of the tax-code and the impact on the economy.

Two Penn Seniors Named Rhodes Scholars

Two University of Pennsylvania seniors have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at the University of Oxford. Christopher D’Urso, of Colts Neck, N.J., has been awarded an American Rhodes and Adnan Zikri Jaafar, of Malaysia, has been awarded a Malaysian Rhodes.

Jill DiSanto

The Affordable Care Act

The enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also referred to as the ACA, PPACA or Obamacare, on March 23, 2010 was upheld by the Supreme Court on June 28, 2012. A topic of political controversy, the the comprehensive health care reform law has three primary goals according to HealthCare.gov: to make affordable health insurance available to more people, to expand the Medicaid program and to support innovative medial care delivery methods designed to lower health care costs.



In the News


Scientific American

Grumpy voters want better stories. Not statistics

In a Q&A, PIK Professor Duncan Watts says that U.S. voters ignored Democratic policy in favor of Republican storytelling.

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The New York Times

How Kennedy could make it harder for you and your family to get vaccinated

In a co-written opinion essay, PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel explains how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies in the Trump administration could discourage the use and research of vaccines.

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Business Insider

The hidden risk factor investors may be missing in stocks, bonds, and options

A study by Nikolai Roussanov of the Wharton School and colleagues finds that stocks, bonds, and options strategies could have more correlated risk than is evident on the surface.

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The Wall Street Journal

How AI could help bring down the cost of college

Kartik Hosanagar of the Wharton School explains how AI could bring down prices for more complex and expensive services like higher education.

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The Independent

How the stock market could be last guardrails to corral Trump’s wildest whims

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that Donald Trump measured his success in his first term by the performance of the stock market.

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