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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 1366
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Earth Day 2025 and the ESG Reckoning in Business Strategy
Witold Henisz, Vice Dean and Faculty Director of the ESG Initiative at the Wharton School, explores the evolving challenges and opportunities in ESG strategy, highlighting the ongoing shakeout, inves…
00:08:02 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
How Today’s Entrepreneurs Create Value Through Innovation and Grit
Lori Rosenkopf, Wharton Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship, discusses her new book Unstoppable Entrepreneurs: Seven Paths for Unleashing Successful Startups and Creating Value Through Innovation, offering…
00:08:00 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
The Hidden Economic Costs of U.S. Tariff Policy
Kent Smetters, Faculty Director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, discusses findings from a new report showing how proposed U.S. tariffs may lead to long-term declines in GDP and wages, reduced forei…
00:08:00 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
Basel III, Crypto, and the Future of Banking Oversight
David Zaring, Wharton Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, discusses the evolving regulatory landscape in the U.S. banking sector, highlighting key contrasts between Biden and Trump-era po…
00:08:00 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
The New Tariff Era: Global Supply Chains Under Pressure
Senthil Veeraraghavan, Wharton Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, explores the immediate and long-term effects of rising tariffs on global supply chains, pricing, and consumer market…
00:08:00 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Navigating Economic Uncertainty: Policy Insights from a Former Fed President
Loretta J. Mester, Wharton Adjunct Professor of Finance and former President of the Cleveland Federal Reserve, shares her insights on the state of the economy, rising recession risks, and the Federal…
00:08:00 |
Fri 04 Apr 2025
Teaching Financial Responsibility: Strategies for Parents and Educators
Olivia Mitchell, Wharton Professor of Business, Economics, and Public Policy and Director of the Pension Research Council examines the state of financial education in the U.S., the consequences of fi…
00:08:00 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
Stock Market Uncertainty: Tariffs, Tech, and Investor Strategy
Jeremy Siegel, Wharton Emeritus Professor of Finance, discusses the latest market fluctuations, attributing recent declines to tariffs and trade tensions while also analyzing the broader economic lan…
00:08:00 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
The Impact of Tariffs on North America’s Auto Industry
John Paul MacDuffie, Wharton Management Professor, explores the potential consequences of new tariffs on the North American auto industry and how these trade policies impact U.S. automakers and their…
00:08:00 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
How Trade Tariffs Could Reshape the Housing Market
Morris Cohen, Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School specializing in Manufacturing, Logistics, and Operations, explores the potential consequences of trade tariffs on the U.S. real estate sector, h…
00:08:00 |
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Private Equity in Health Care: Investment Trends, Challenges, and Future Implications
Atul Gupta, Wharton Assistant Professor of Health Care Management, discusses the growing involvement of private equity in the health care sector, its benefits and risks, and the regulatory challenges…
00:08:00 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
The 2025 Budget Debate: Tax Cuts, Deficits, and Policy Shifts
Wharton professor and faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, Kent Smetters, examines the fiscal 2025 budget discussions, the proposed extension of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and the chall…
00:08:00 |
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Lessons from COVID-19: Health Care’s Progress and Shortcomings Five Years Later
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Health Care Management at the Wharton School, examines what the healthcare sector has learn…
00:08:00 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
How Tariffs Are Reshaping Aviation: Supply Chains, Costs, and Consumers
Gad Allon, Wharton Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions, discusses how tariffs are disrupting airline manufacturing, increasing maintenance costs, and ultimately raising ticket prices.
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00:08:00 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
Retail’s Tough Reality: Lessons from Joann’s Closure
Cait Lamberton, Marketing Professor at the Wharton School, discusses the closure of Joann Stores and the broader challenges facing brick-and-mortar retailers. She examines the impact of bankruptcy, s…
00:08:00 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
The Business of Layoffs: Strategy or Short-Term Fix?
Wharton Management Professor, Matthew Bidwell, examines the recent surge in corporate layoffs, exploring historical trends, economic influences, and the role of remote work in reshaping workforce dec…
00:08:00 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
The Cost of Cutting Social Security Taxes
Kent Smetters, Faculty Director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, breaks down the economic impact of eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits, how it could accelerate trust fund depletion, and w…
00:10:29 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
When Colleagues Compete Outside the Firm
Wharton management professor Henning Piezunka discusses his new research that looks at how competing outside the workplace, such as in sports or board memberships, can hinder collaboration back at th…
00:09:41 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
The Fed and Inflation: What’s Next?
Wharton professors Nick Roussanov and Peter Conti-Brown join host Dan Loney to discuss the latest inflation data and what steps the Fed may take to keep it under control.
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00:21:14 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Finding Meaning in Work
New York Times bestselling author Daniel Pink joins the show to talk about navigating the changing landscape of professional work.
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00:09:37 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
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