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Business
The key to becoming a better leader? Question your assumptions
The key to becoming a better leader? Question your assumptions
Wharton’s Adam Grant and Dean Erika James share five ways executives can rethink their assumptions about what it means to be a good business leader.
The relationship between diversity, equity, and inclusion and the workplace
The relationship between diversity, equity, and inclusion and the workplace
A new study out of Wharton—“Improving Workplace Culture Through Evidence-Based Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices”—examines the relationship between diversity, equity and inclusion practices and a variety of workplace outcomes.
Do you prefer cats or dogs? Why self-expression increases giving
Do you prefer cats or dogs? Why self-expression increases giving
Wharton’s Jonah Berger discusses his new research on how giving consumers the opportunity for self-expression can increase tipping and charitable giving.
Penn receives $5m cryptocurrency gift, largest in University’s history
Penn receives $5m cryptocurrency gift, largest in University’s history
The gift, facilitated by NYDIG, an industry leader in providing Bitcoin technology and financial services, will support the growth of programs within the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance at the Wharton School.
Beer with no buzz: 2021 Y-Prize awards dealcoholization project
Beer with no buzz: 2021 Y-Prize awards dealcoholization project
LiberTech, the award-winning team, pitched their plan to filter alcohol from beer using a nanostructured membrane, which preserves the flavor of beer.
Wharton Dolphin Tank winners create opportunities for impact
Wharton Dolphin Tank winners create opportunities for impact
The virtual pitch contest, held in March, focused on ways to improve student wellness at the business school.
Katy Milkman on the science of change
The Wharton professor and co-director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative discusses her new book aimed at helping individuals and managers inspire meaningful, lasting shifts in behavior.
Why some retailers succeed despite big disruptions
Why some retailers succeed despite big disruptions
The retail industry was already in the midst of unparalleled disruption—then came COVID-19. Wharton’s Barbara Kahn discusses the growth of “new retail” in China, how Amazon has emerged even stronger from the pandemic, and shifts from “bad” to “good” retail.
What is the future of the hybrid workplace?
What is the future of the hybrid workplace?
According to Wharton’s Martine Haas, companies will adopt a hybrid workplace model with some combination of remote and in-person work.
Wharton/Deloitte collab aims to break down barriers to inclusive leadership
Wharton/Deloitte collab aims to break down barriers to inclusive leadership
The partnership will examine effective sponsorship and mentorship of Black and Latino/Hispanic American professionals.
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Wired
Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht is waiting for Trump to keep his word—and set him free
Leeza Garber of the Wharton School says that legal questions can’t be neatly isolated from ethical and political ones.
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NBC News
Trump has promised lower interest rates. That will be largely out of his control
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School says that the Federal Reserve doesn’t have as much control over mortgage rates and longer-term loans as it used to.
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Salon.com
Why planning for retirement is hard, and what to do about it
Research by Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School and colleagues finds that low-income workers aren’t incentivized to learn about supplements to retirement income like IRAs and 401(k)s, since they tend to rely on and benefit more from fixed-income retirement sources like Social Security payments.
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Politico.com
Fed’s Powell says Trump can’t fire him
Christina Parajon Skinner of the Wharton School says that a presidential removal of the vice chair of the Federal Reserve wouldn’t necessarily be an affront to central bank independence.
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Bloomberg
What a reelected Trump can and can’t do to sway the Fed
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that whether a president can remove the Federal Reserve chair is ambiguous because the law doesn’t explicitly provide “for cause” protection for the role.
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Bloomberg Law
JPMorgan opts out of political disclosure designation
The Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School has developed a new “model code” framework for companies to voluntarily disclose more about their political spending.
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