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A cleaner, greener airport of the future

Six students from across the University presented their vision of an airport equipped with carbon-capturing technology and an electrified vehicle fleet at a NASA competition, garnering the “Most Intriguing Concept” award.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Is workplace loyalty gone for good?

The modern workplace has become increasingly transactional, a marked transformation from the post-war era when employees stayed put until they retired with a party, a gold watch, and a nice pension.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Can the U.S. avoid a recession?

Many economists are warning of a recession, while Wall Street bulls are saying those fears are overblown. Wharton experts weigh in on what’s ahead for the U.S. economy.

From Knowledge at Wharton

How to have more successful conversations

Whether negotiating a salary increase or chatting with a co-worker, people have more productive conversations when they identify their motives and goals. Wharton’s Maurice Schweitzer offers a tool for doing just that.

From Knowledge at Wharton



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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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