Economics

Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School comments on the need for the U.S. to do more to bring China to the negotiating table.

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School argues that the Federal Reserve no longer needs to keep ratcheting up interest rates as “the battle is won against inflation.”

Estimates from researchers at the Wharton School that put the cost of a new college repayment plan at up to $361 billion are referenced.

The Wharton School projects a take-up rate of 91% if borrowers seek to minimize total payments under Biden’s new student loan forgiveness plan, which would cost $471 billion over a decade.

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School discusses the risks and pressures on home insurers nationwide, saying insurers want to make a profit.

Sanya Carley of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design co-writes that an alarming number of Americans risk losing access to utility service altogether because they can’t pay their bills.

Robert Stambaugh and Lucian Taylor of the Wharton School co-write that environmentally friendly stocks have tended to outperform others but that past performance is the opposite of what to expect in the future.

Gad Allon of the Wharton School writes that, while allowing people to make their own flight choices is an improvement, online ticket buying has come with a serious downside.

Researchers at the Wharton School estimated that the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan would have cost U.S. taxpayers between $300 billion and $980 billion over 10 years.

Olivia S. Mitchell of the Wharton School explains the problems currently facing Social Security.