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Finance
A financial literacy class with a twist
A financial literacy class with a twist
NFL player and alumnus Brandon Copeland co-taught a course at Penn this semester alongside longtime University lecturer Brian Peterson.
In the News
CNBC
Trump’s plan to eliminate income taxes on Social Security benefits would help high-income households, report finds
According to a new analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model, eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits may reduce U.S. government revenues by $1.5 trillion over 10 years and increase the federal debt by 7% by 2054.
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NPR
What is happening to the availability of mortgage insurance in disaster areas?
Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School discusses the availability of mortgage insurance in regions where disasters like fires and floods make insurance costly or scarce.
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Financial Times
Wharton tops 2025 FT MBA ranking despite strong European competition
The Wharton School was rated No. 1 in the FT Global 2025 rankings for its MBA program and for academic research.
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Reuters
Trump’s SEC starts shifting agency’s focus as job cut threat spooks staff
Daniel Taylor of the Wharton School says that bureaucratically inefficient agencies can’t be improved by threatening their workforces, having mass layoffs, and making unexplained changes.
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CNBC
To pay for Trump’s tax cuts, House Republicans could raise student loan bills for millions of borrowers
According to an analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model, the SAVE student loan repayment plan could cost taxpayers as much as $475 billion over a decade.
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Barron’s
The U.S. can’t grow its way out of debt. Here’s what it can do
A package of 13 major tax and spending reforms proposed by the Penn Wharton Budget Model could reduce the deficit by $10 trillion during the 10-year budget window and generate $59 trillion in net revenue by 2054.
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