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Economics
How to avoid ‘rainbow washing’ during Pride Month
How to avoid ‘rainbow washing’ during Pride Month
Cait Lamberton, a professor at the Wharton School, gives four takeaways on the right way for brands to approach Pride Month.
What the frequency of your pay means for financial well-being
What the frequency of your pay means for financial well-being
Workers who access their wages on demand often develop a false sense of their own wealth and spend more, according to new research from Wharton’s Wendy De La Rosa.
Can electric vehicles revitalize American manufacturing?
Can electric vehicles revitalize American manufacturing?
Hyundai's investment in high-tech production facilities in the U.S. could fuel innovation and employment growth, says Wharton's Lynn Wu.
Is a recession inevitable?
Is a recession inevitable?
Itay Goldstein, a professor of finance and economics at the Wharton School, talks about the state of the U.S. economy with inflation at a 40-year high.
Regular folks in the Roman Empire
Regular folks in the Roman Empire
Kimberly Bowes of the School of Arts & Sciences focuses on the lived experience of the Roman Empire’s working poor and the economies that dominated their lives 2,00 years ago.
May graduate Ethan Kallett named a 2022 Yenching Scholar
May graduate Ethan Kallett named a 2022 Yenching Scholar
Ethan Kallett has been awarded full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies, with a concentration in economics and management, at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.
What I’ve learned: Wharton’s Anita Summers
What I’ve learned: Wharton’s Anita Summers
Professor emeritus Anita Summers talks about her groundbreaking career in economics and public policy, and why integrity and evidence go hand in hand.
Indicators report shows escalating disparities for students of color and poor students
Indicators report shows escalating disparities for students of color and poor students
Report from The Pell Institute and PennAHEAD highlights stark differences in debt burden and benefits of higher education among ethnic groups that has significantly widened in recent years.
How price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life
How price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life
Teens who experienced gas price shocks of the 1970s drive less in later years, according to experts at Wharton and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Wharton expert explains the crashing crypto market
Wharton expert explains the crashing crypto market
What does the cryptocurrency crash mean for investors? Wharton expert, Sarah Hammer talks with Penn Today about the digital asset.
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Forbes.com
These Airbnb founders have sold more than $1 billion worth of stock combined in the past year
Daniel Taylor of the Wharton School comments on Airbnb following a monthly sales strategy.
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The Hill
Experts see risk with little upside in Biden’s gas tax break
Penn Wharton Budget Model indicates that a gas tax suspension from July to September would only mean a per capita spending reduction of $4.79 to $14.31, depending on location, but would reduce overall government revenues by about $6 billion.
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CNBC
As Biden weighs a federal gas tax holiday, here’s what that could mean for prices at the pump
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School is quoted on how savings from a temporary break from the federal gas tax would not likely be very substantial for consumers.
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ABC News
What interest rate hikes mean for you and the economy
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that the most recent rate hikes should eventually restore the economy to a healthy rate of inflation.
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The Hindu (India)
Chennai: ‘ESG becoming a key factor for investment’
Itay Goldstein of the Wharton School is quoted on an increase in the number of green investors.
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Economic Times
Is ‘greedflation’ rewriting economics, or do old rules still apply?
Z. John Zhang of the Wharton School says that inflation is an opportunity for every firm to realign their prices as much as they can.
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