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Education, Business, & Law
‘Slow Burn’ and the daily consequences of climate change
From lower test scores to higher crime rates, economist R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice looks at the daily consequences of climate change.
Supporting vital immigrant defense
Penn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic students spent a semester with the Southern Poverty Law Center, learning immigration law while serving clients seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief.
New books from Wharton faculty
The latest installments of The Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” showcases recent books on leadership, customer service, immigration, and the power of data.
Protecting against burnout
Penn GSE’s Kandi Wiens’ latest book aims to help readers build resilience to stress and heal their relationship to work.
From English learners to English teachers
An initiative from Penn’s Graduate School for Education provides an opportunity for TESOL students to practice their teaching with language learners across the University and around the world.
Will America’s clean car policies persist?
Four ambitious clean-car policies are driving a major transformation in the United States. Will they survive legal and political threats?
Penn Carey Law faculty react to SCOTUS ruling on immunity, social media content
University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School professors share their reaction to two Supreme Court decisions delivered on the final day of the 2023-2024 term—presidential immunity and social media content.
Supporting sustainable startups and underrepresented entrepreneurs
Penn Carey Law’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic contributes to economic development with a focus on underrepresented entrepreneurs and social impact startups.
Law experts on SCOTUS decisions on Chevron, Jan. 6 obstruction charge, administrative powers
Faculty experts from Penn Carey Law reflect on the latest Supreme Court decisions and their consequences for future judicial decisions.
Continued access to emergency abortion care
In dismissing Moyle v. United States, Penn Carey Law’s Allison K. Hoffman says the Supreme Court took a “procedural punt” in allowing doctors in Idaho to continue providing emergency abortion care.
In the News
Here’s why mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level in more than a year
Lu Liu of the Wharton School says that treasury rates have already incorporated expectations for future interest rate cuts because mortgage rates are priced off current treasury rates.
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Ghosts of bankruptcy’s past haunt bills to address J&J, Purdue
According to David Skeel of Penn Carey Law, there’s a growing perception that insider dominance is leading to abuses in the bankruptcy system.
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What the Supreme Court left unsaid about Trump’s criminal immunity
Kate Shaw of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court’s ruling about Donald Trump’s presidential immunity is wrong as a matter of constitutional theory and doesn’t provide anything resembling an administrable test.
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Jeremy Siegel backs off on calls for the Fed to do an emergency interest rate cut
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that the Federal Reserve should move its key interest rate down to 4% as fast as possible.
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Fed rate is ‘far too high’ and needs to come down quickly, Jeremy Siegel says
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that the Federal Reserve is in danger of making another policy mistake by being too cautious.
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