Economics

AI-washing and the massive layoffs hitting the economy

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that implementing AI and using it to save jobs is complicated and time-consuming.

The Declaration of Independence at the National Archives

Connecting with America’s 250th anniversary

Ahead of the main event on July 4, 2026, marking the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Penn students, faculty, and staff will have multiple early opportunities to engage with America’s 250th anniversary.

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What will it take to solve America’s housing crisis?

A new book co-authored by Wharton real estate professor Joseph Gyourko, “America’s Housing Supply Problem: The Closing of the Suburban Frontier,” examines the variables that contribute to all-time-high home prices by analyzing 50 years’ worth of data to explain growing housing prices, especially in places that were once considered affordable.

What women really want: To not answer work emails at 10 p.m.

In an opinion essay, Corinne Lowe of the Wharton School advocates for work schedules that take into account that women who work outside the home still have more household responsibilities than men.

The Fed ‘has our back’ and will lower rates in December if needed, says Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School discusses the Fed’s interest-rate decisions.

US Fed on track to cut rates again in penultimate decision of 2025

Loretta Mester of the Wharton School looks at concerns of the cooling labor market.

Girl boss or tradwife? An economist on how a workforce built for men has failed women

In her book “Having It All,” Corinne Low of the Wharton School outlines how structures around women’s work and home lives fail to truly accommodate working women.

The game theory of how algorithms can drive up prices

Joseph Harrington of the Wharton School comments on a new study on algorithmic pricing through the lens of game theory.

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How DMV questions shape organ donor registration decisions

Wharton professor of business economics and public policy Judd Kessler explores whether rewording organ donor questions at the DMV can meaningfully increase registration rates.

This mining stock is the big winner of fresh trade China tensions

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that America’s lack of a strategic reserve of rare earth materials is negative for national security.

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