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Knowledge at Wharton

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The Knowledge at Wharton Network Acast feed serves as a curated showcase highlighting the best content from our podcast collection. Each week, we feature one standout episode from each show in the Wharton Podcast Network, giving listeners a comprehensive sample of our diverse business and academic content. This rotating selection allows audiences to discover new shows within our network while experiencing the depth and variety of Wharton's thought leadership across different topics and formats. It's your monthly gateway to explore the full spectrum of insights available through the Wharton Podcast Network.

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Episodes

How Tech Companies are Helping to Curb Wildlife Trafficking

Action by major tech companies combined with consumer education efforts can make big gains towards defeating the online trade of wildlife say experts at Wharton and elsewhere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 14, 201827 min

Gun Control After Parkland: What Can Firms Really Do?

Following the Parkland school shootings in February gun-control advocacy in the U.S. has won support from large corporations – although there are some limits to what they can accomplish experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 12, 201828 min

Loneliness on the Job: Why No Employee Is an Island

New Wharton research shows that loneliness in the workplace isn’t just damaging to mental health -- it can also lower job performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 09, 201829 min

Why Tech Companies Are Worried about the Ohio v. Amex Case

A Supreme Court case on the card issuer’s business practices is rattling technology companies -- including Google Facebook and Amazon -- that have business models involving disparate sets of customers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 08, 201829 min

How Europe’s Banking Revolution Will Boost Fintech

In a move that will give fintech companies the wind at their back Europe is requiring banks to release account records to third-parties when customers request it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 08, 201829 min

Why Is the White House Challenging the Penn Wharton Budget Model?

The White House has taken issue with the economic analysis of President Trump’s infrastructure plan by the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) suggesting that the model is flawed and inaccurate. The PWBM rebuts those claims. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 08, 201829 min

Why a U.S. Tariff Plan Could Backfire

The U.S. risks severe trade retaliation and a loss of credibility if it presses ahead with plans for import tariffs on steel and aluminum say Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel and Fordham’s Matt Gold. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 06, 201827 min

In the Global Media Chess Game Comcast Aims for the Sky

Comcast’s surprise bid to acquire U.K.-based satellite TV operator Sky complicates a planned merger between Disney and Fox and has opened the door to a bidding war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 06, 201821 min

The Pot Paradox: Can the U.S. Fix Its Conflicting Policies?

Wharton’s Peter Conti-Brown explains how federal banking regulations have forced the cash-based legalized marijuana industry to operate in a gray market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 02, 201828 min

What Can We Learn from the World’s Happiest People?

In the happiest countries enlightened leaders did not focus on economic development alone. That created an upward spiral in well-being. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 02, 201823 min

Can the Minerva Model of Learning Disrupt Higher Education?

Traditional universities have much to learn from disruptors like the Minerva Schools which aims to provide high-quality learning opportunities at a fraction of the cost of an elite college. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 01, 201834 min

Why Timing Is -- Almost -- Everything

Author Daniel Pink discusses his new book about how the time of day we do things can change outcomes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 28, 201823 min

Will the U.S. Economy’s Period of Stability Continue?

As new U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell settles into office experts consider the best pace for interest rate increases and whether the financial system is strong enough to weather another downturn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 26, 201820 min

Seeing Red: Can a Brand Trademark a Signature Color?

Luxury fashion designer Christian Louboutin is fighting to trademark his signature red shoe soles in the European courts. Will he succeed? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 21, 201824 min

America First? To the World It’s Eighth

Global perceptions of the U.S. are getting significantly worse notes the new Best Countries report from U.S. News & World Report BAV Group and Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 20, 201825 min

How Modern Medicine Changed the Way People Die

Death has changed in modern times with technology prolonging life and making dying a shareable event. But what has been gained and what has been lost along the way? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 19, 201824 min

The White House Budget: What’s the Reality?

White House budgets usually amount to nothing more than ”vision statements” -- and the latest one suffers from undue optimism about economic growth and a troubling expansion of the deficit experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 16, 201827 min

How the Next Generation Is Changing Charitable Giving

Today’s philanthropists are increasingly coming from the younger generation and they expect their giving to have a real and measurable impact according to a new book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 13, 201820 min
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