Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors

In an Op-Ed featuring a quote from PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan of Penn Carey Law writes that American capitalism has commodified motherhood, shifting it from a “social good” to a “personal choice” when women ask for support.

PIK Professor Herbert Hovenkamp says that a dispute by a group of Puerto Rican jockeys was purely about compensation and labor issues, rather than separate economic activities that could raise antitrust issues.

PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts says that Black families have been entangled in the child welfare system since the time of slavery, when they were routinely separated.

PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts says that decisions to report neglect and abuse to the child welfare system are largely shaped by racist stereotypes of Black families.

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says that the National Institutes of Health have nothing to show for a billion dollars’ worth of research on long COVID.

PIK Professor Philip Tetlock found shockingly poor results when studying the accuracy of economic, social, and political predictions made by experts.

A study co-authored by Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School and PIK Professor Barbara Mellers finds that happiness increases when incomes rise above $75,000 for all but 20% of the population, the “least happy.”

PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts breaks down the adoption fallacy of the Supreme Court Dobbs decision.