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Economics
How do consumers respond to surprise medical bills?
How do consumers respond to surprise medical bills?
New research examines how consumers proceed with choosing medical care after receiving a “surprise bill” from an out-of-network expense.
Retail’s big mistake: Why slashing payroll cuts into profits
Retail’s big mistake: Why slashing payroll cuts into profits
Retailers need to recognize that employees are their most valuable asset in an era of online competition, according to Wharton professors Marshall Fisher, Serguei Netessine, and Santiago Gallino.
Why a 70 percent top tax rate will miss its mark
Why a 70 percent top tax rate will miss its mark
Penn Wharton Budget Model’s Richard Prisinzano discusses the idea of raising the top marginal tax rate to as high as 70 percent on income over $10 million.
A conversation with Kristen Ghodsee
A conversation with Kristen Ghodsee
In the second episode of Penn Today’s “Office Hours” podcast series, a casual chat with Professor of Russian and East European Studies Professor Kristen Ghodsee.
The real estate outlook for 2019: Waiting for millennials?
The real estate outlook for 2019: Waiting for millennials?
Wharton’s Susan Wachter and Benjamin Keys discuss the 2019 outlook for the U.S. real estate market.
How the appliance boom moved more women into the workforce
How the appliance boom moved more women into the workforce
A new book from economist Jeremy Greenwood looks at the effects of technological progress on home life.
Expert voices 2019: Why cities?
Expert voices 2019: Why cities?
Housing the majority of the global population, cities have come to define and shape the overarching challenges of the 21st century. The speed and scale of their development is unprecedented, raising complex questions about how to address the changes they bring to communities around the world.
Latin America in 2019: Will political upheaval stall growth?
Latin America in 2019: Will political upheaval stall growth?
William Burke-White discusses the economic impact of new leaders in Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico; upcoming elections in Argentina; and Venezuela’s upheaval in the face of Nicolas Maduro’s re-election.
The ACA in 2019: Will it face a reckoning?
The ACA in 2019: Will it face a reckoning?
Wharton’s Mark Pauly, Eric Clemons and Robert Field discuss what lies ahead for the Affordable Care Act in 2019.
Report predicts aging homeless population will nearly triple by 2030
Report predicts aging homeless population will nearly triple by 2030
The national population of people 65 or older experiencing homelessness is estimated to grow from 40,000 to 106,000 by 2030.
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Christian Science Monitor
A majority of Americans no longer trust the Supreme Court. Can it rebuild?
Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a partisan trust gap has emerged in public perception of the Supreme Court as a conservative institution.
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The New York Times
We don’t see what climate change is doing to us
In an Op-Ed, R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that public discourse around climate change overlooks the buildup of slow, subtle costs and their impact on human systems.
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CNN
Here’s what would happen to the US economy if there are no rate cuts this year
Itay Goldstein of the Wharton School says stock market prices still reflect the expectation that the Federal Reserve will cut rates later this year, even with the recent selloff.
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The New York Times
Biden’s student loan repayment plan is being challenged. Here’s what to know
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School attributes $235 billion of the cost of the SAVE loan repayment plan to its increased generosity relative to existing plans.
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Inside Higher Ed
Report: Biden’s new debt relief plan estimated to cost $84 billion
According to economists at the Penn Wharton Budget Model, President Biden’s new plan to forgive some or all student loans for 26 million Americans would cost about $84 billion over 10 years.
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Kiplinger
Can money buy you happiness? Yes, it can. However…
Research by Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School reveals there is no monetary threshold at which money's capacity to improve well-being diminishes.
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