3/27
Business
The future leaders of the business world
Wharton Global Youth Program is the first business school to engage pre-college students worldwide with online, on-campus, and on-site programs.
Four Hispanic student perspectives at Wharton: The journey to an MBA
Students share their perspectives on what it’s like to be Hispanic in The Wharton MBA Program for Executives.
‘The Prepared Leader’: Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten
Wharton Dean Erika James and Simmons University President Lynn Perry Wooten discuss their new book, 'The Prepared Leader,' and how they found the motivation and the staying power during the pandemic to write it.
Why livestream commerce is on the rise
Wharton’s Tom Robertson explains livestream commerce, one of the hottest trends in digital sales. There are great benefits to using the medium, but only if retailers can get it right.
Digital assets and the future of finance
Perry World House and the Wharton School co-hosted a lecture that examined how digital assets have grown in recent years.
What is the impact of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan?
A Graduate School of Education expert and faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model’s take a look at the budgetary costs and distributional impact of the U.S. President’s initiative.
Employee turnover costs more than you think
A new study from Wharton’s Ken Moon reveals the hidden cost of employee turnover by drawing a direct link between higher quit rates and product failure for a smartphone manufacturer.
Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act
Penn experts explain the climate, health care, and economic aspects of the legislation that President Biden signed into law this week, plus the politics of getting it passed.
Travel and the middle class
With the inflation boom, how long will travel be sustainable?
Udai Bhardwaj decriminalized homosexuality in India. Now, he’s coming to Wharton
Bhardwaj and his team of lawyers, all of whom identify as LGBTQIA+, argued successfully to decriminalize homosexuality in the Indian Supreme Court.
In the News
Monopoly case pits Justice Department against Apple’s antitrust winning streak
PIK Professor Herbert Hovenkamp says that the government has an uphill climb to convince a court that Apple’s policies result in higher prices and hurt consumers, rather than protecting them.
FULL STORY →
The success of women’s college basketball is more than just Caitlin Clark
Kenneth Shropshire of the Wharton School says that women’s college basketball needs to cultivate more superstars and superstar matchups like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to keep investors bought in and fans engaged.
FULL STORY →
Emergency Fed bank effort ends lending, as eyes turn to discount window
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that the existence of the Bank Term Funding Program is an admission of failure on the part of the Federal Reserve.
FULL STORY →
More high schools are requiring financial-literacy classes. The pandemic may have played a key role
In a co-authored journal article, Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School explains when financial education is at its most effective.
FULL STORY →
Wage gap statistics: The numbers behind pay disparity
Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School says that lack of financial literacy is a solvable problem that’s contributing to the wage gap.
FULL STORY →
Moelis ruling sharpens focus on private equity veto agreements
Jill Fisch of Penn Carey Law says that no one has scrutinized shareholder agreements in the context of whether boards of directors fundamentally manage corporations.
FULL STORY →