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Guaranteed income improved people’s health during the pandemic
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Guaranteed income improved people’s health during the pandemic

Associate professor Amy Castro of the School of Social Policy & Practice shares the final results from the Stockton pilot program, which show connections between financial security and better health.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice Juliana Rosati

Americans want to invest in a clean energy future
Chicago Sun-Times

Americans want to invest in a clean energy future

Economists from Penn determined that Texas taxpayers would pay $300-$500 million more on $31.8 billion that local governments wanted to borrow within eight months of a law that banned the use of bond underwriters with ESG policies.

What does the Silicon Valley Bank collapse mean for a possible recession?
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What does the Silicon Valley Bank collapse mean for a possible recession?

In a live virtual discussion hosted by the Wharton School, Joao Gomes, Susan Wachter, and Peter Conti-Brown discussed the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and whether it could represent the beginning of a larger financial crisis.

Longtime Starbucks CEO gets a chance to tell Congress why he’s been busting unions
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Longtime Starbucks CEO gets a chance to tell Congress why he’s been busting unions

Jill Fisch of Penn Carey Law says that a recent proposal for a third-party investigation into whether Starbucks violated its commitment to labor laws will likely impact the company’s behavior, even if it doesn’t pass a shareholder vote.

How have women in the workforce fared, three years into the pandemic?
A childcare worker at a table with three young children.

(Homepage image) Women take on the majority of work in the care economy, both the informal, unpaid kind and paid jobs in fields like child care, education, and social services. “It might seem like the gender disparity has washed out and, in many areas, we have rebounded to pre-COVID levels,” says Gonalons-Pons. “But the care economy has not yet recovered.”

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How have women in the workforce fared, three years into the pandemic?

Despite hopeful signs that this demographic is returning to work, certain female-dominated sectors, like the care economy, still haven’t recovered, signaling there’s more to learn about COVID-19’s full effect.

Michele W. Berger

Lessons from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse
A person walking past a shuttered SVB branch.

A Silicon Valley Bank branch in San Francisco on March 13, 2023. As the primary regulator of the bank, the Federal Reserve is coming under sharp criticism from financial watchdogs and banking experts.

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Lessons from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

Wharton finance professor Itamar Drechsler discusses what led to the collapse of SVB and the questions it raises for banks, depositors, and regulators going forward.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Why so many experts consider annuities a win for retirees
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Why so many experts consider annuities a win for retirees

Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School says that people are generally uncertain of the value of annuities and reluctant to spend a large sum of money on the chance that they’ll have a longer lifespan.