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A summer in Harrisburg with an eye on global affairs
Nine people stand in front of office cubicles. Above them, a string of national flags

Henry Franklin spent the summer interning in the Office of International Business Development. Franklin, an economics and cinema studies major from Yardley, Pennsylvania, spent his time shadowing teams, researching, writing reports, and working on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 10-year economic plan.

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A summer in Harrisburg with an eye on global affairs

Henry Franklin, a second-year economics and cinema studies major, spent his summer interning in Pennsylvania’s Office of International Business Development.

Kristina García

First Fed rate cuts in four years
A stock trader is seen monitoring a screen showing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's announcement of a half-percentage point interest rate cut

Wharton’s Peter Conti-Brown, a financial historian focused on central banking and policy, discusses the Fed’s recent, and likely last, key decision before the presidential election.

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First Fed rate cuts in four years

Wharton’s Peter Conti-Brown, a financial historian focused on central banking and policy, discusses the Fed’s recent, and likely last, key decision before the presidential election.
The climate peril we overlook
The New York Times

The climate peril we overlook

R. Jisung Park of the School of Policy & Practice argues that we have been so focused on apocalyptic scenarios that we haven’t focused enough on the other consequences of climate change.