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The future of AI: How Wharton is leading the charge
The future of AI: How Wharton is leading the charge
The AI at Wharton Initiative and AI in Focus podcast series highlight the evolving and growing role of artificial intelligence in all areas of life, with Wharton as a global focal point for its study.
Tricks, treats, retail feats: Wharton’s Halloween insights
Tricks, treats, retail feats: Wharton’s Halloween insights
For expert retailers and marketers, Halloween is the perfect opportunity to explore the marketing learnings of psychological consumer behavior.
‘Ripple Effect’ explores hybrid work
‘Ripple Effect’ explores hybrid work
The Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” delves into the nature and practice of hybrid work via faculty research, and presents it as knowledge employees can use.
Is ChatGPT a better entrepreneur than most?
Is ChatGPT a better entrepreneur than most?
In a new experiment, Wharton’s Christian Terwiesch finds out if ChatGPT can outperform MBA students in coming up with new products.
On Wharton Business Daily, President Magill talks leadership
On Wharton Business Daily, President Magill talks leadership
In her debut on the popular Wharton School radio show, President Liz Magill discusses her leadership style, lessons learned from leading during a pandemic, and her optimism for the future.
Trading decisions are observable in the eyes of buyers and sellers
Trading decisions are observable in the eyes of buyers and sellers
In a new collaborative study, PIK Professor Michael Platt models how the decision-making process unfolds in the brains of buyers and sellers considering a deal. These decisions were observable in eye movements and pupil dilation.
The risky business of homeowners insurance
The risky business of homeowners insurance
State Farm, the largest insurer in California, has stopped writing new home insurance policies there, citing “rapidly growing catastrophe exposure.” In a Q&A, Wharton’s Benjamin Keys discusses climate change and its risk to the real estate market.
Three things to know about the debt ceiling fight
Three things to know about the debt ceiling fight
Economist Harold L. Cole of the School of Arts & Sciences offers an overview of what could happen should the U.S. default on debt payments because no spending deal is reached.
Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era
Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era
Through recent research, archaeologist and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Lynn Meskell has continued to highlight how World Heritage Sites have become flashpoints for conflict and out of touch with local communities.
2018 graduate awarded Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
2018 graduate awarded Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Focused on tackling climate change, 2018 Penn graduate Krish Mehta, from Mumbai, has been awarded a 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate studies and global leadership training at Stanford University.
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The Washington Post
Where in America are we actually building new housing?
An analysis by Joseph Gyourko of the Wharton School evaluated how much zoning and related restrictions added to the cost of a typical quarter-acre lot from 2013 to 2018, by metro region.
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The Hill
Jamie Dimon called Nikki Haley about cutting the national debt
An analysis by Kent Smetters of the Wharton School estimates that the U.S. has about 20 years for corrective action to cut the national debt, after which no amount of future tax increases or spending cuts could avoid the government defaulting on its debt.
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Politico.com
Fed fight
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that the Federal Reserve’s vice chair of supervision, Michael Barr, needs to be an aggressive leader when creating policy precedents.
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The New York Times
How Microsoft’s legal legacy shapes the antitrust case against Google
PIK Professor Herbert Hovenkamp says that Google’s conduct in its antitrust case is subtler than Microsoft’s, which was harsh and had little pro-competitive justification for its actions.
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NPR
What happened to the internet without net neutrality?
Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School says that the problem with net neutrality repeal was the FCC’s refusal to take any oversight, not the long-feared doomsday of the internet.
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Newsweek
America’s headed for an interest payment crisis
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School says that interest payments will likely overcome the amount the U.S. spends on national defense within a couple years.
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