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September 12, 2022 Why Managers Aren’t Worried About Quiet Quitting
Wharton’s Matthew Bidwell explains why employers have bigger things to worry about than employees who are quiet quitting, a phrase that describes doing the bare minimum at work.
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10 min
September 12, 2022 How Student Loan Forgiveness Will Transform College Financing
The proposed income-driven repayment program in the Biden Student Debt Relief Plan “could radically change how people finance college,” according to Kent Smetters, faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model.
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11 min
September 12, 2022 Can the CDC Repair Its Reputation?
Wharton’s Ingrid Nembhard evaluates the Centers for Disease Control’s plan to reorganize the agency and regain public trust following two years of pandemic confusion.
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9 min
September 06, 2022 Hits and Misses of the Fed’s Inflation Strategy
Early actions by the Fed averted a financial crisis following the pandemic, but its later policies enabled an acceleration of inflation, according to Wharton’s Richard Herring.
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12 min
September 06, 2022 Why the Housing Market Is Not in Recession
Housing sales are falling in response to rising interest rates, but the real estate market is not in a recession, according to Wharton’s Fernando Ferreira. He explains why the persistent lack of supply will continue to put pressure on homebuyers.
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16 min
August 29, 2022 How the Inflation Reduction Act May Hurt Businesses
The proposed new taxes on share buybacks and book income are based on conceptual misunderstandings and will hurt investment, according to Wharton’s Jennifer Blouin.
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10 min
August 22, 2022 Will Onshore Computer Chips Fix the Supply Chain?
Billions in federal funding for computer chip manufacturing is a good start, says Wharton’s Morris Cohen, but may not be enough to help the U.S. overcome its East Asian competitors.
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14 min
August 15, 2022 Why Is Amazon Purchasing a Health Care Provider?
With health care accounting for nearly 20% of U.S. gross domestic product, Amazon’s latest acquisition of a primary care chain makes sense, says Wharton’s Harbir Singh.
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11 min
August 15, 2022 Have Electric Vehicle Sales Reached a Tipping Point in the U.S.?
Wharton’s John Paul MacDuffie says a combination of regulatory changes and financial incentives are guiding more Americans toward mass adoption of electric vehicles, factors that align with a new report from Bloomberg about EV sales.
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15 min
August 05, 2022 Investing in Refugee Entrepreneurs in East Africa
Wharton’s Katherine Klein talks to Julienne Oyler, co-founder and CEO of the African Entrepreneur Collective, which helps micro, small, and medium businesses across East Africa.
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31 min

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