This Week in Business

By The Wharton School

Bringing together top leaders, innovators and renowned faculty from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania discussing topics that matter to consumers and the business world.

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November 08, 2023 Can ChatGPT Give Ethical Advice?
New research from Wharton’s Christian Terwiesch and research assistant Lennart Meincke pits ChatGPT-4 against The New York Times ethics column with surprising results.
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November 07, 2023 Virtual Sports Betting: How NFTs Are Transforming Digital Horse Racing
Jonathan Strause, CEO of Invincible GG, joins the show to discuss the company's virtual horse racing game and new virtual sports and gaming products.
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18min
November 06, 2023 How Consumers Will Keep Powering GDP Growth
Wharton's Nikolai Roussanov says the U.S. could round off 2023 with GDP growth of 2.5%-3% on the back of rising consumer spending and stable interest rates.
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November 02, 2023 Why the Question of Scale is an Ongoing Question for Most Companies
Gad Allon, Wharton Professor of Operations, Information & Decisions, joins the show to discuss companies being profitable at scale.
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October 31, 2023 Prospective Homebuyers: Is It Better to Wait out High Interest Rates or Reset Expectations?
Isabel Barrow, Director of Financial Planning at Edelman Financial Engines, recently joined the show to discuss how homebuyers and potential sellers should approach the high interest, high inflation market.
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14min
October 30, 2023 Will the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Deal Lead to More Transformative Tech Acquisitions?
Harbir Singh, Wharton management professor and co-director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management, weighs in on Microsoft's successful acquisition of video game company Activision Blizzard and what the transformative deal means for the tech industry.
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October 26, 2023 Disney, Target & Taylor Swift: Wharton Professor Breaks Down Marketing Trends
Wharton Professor of Marketing David Reibstein joins the show to discuss recent marketing stories and trends, including the importance of storytelling to emotionally connect with customers, and the biggest issues facing marketers.

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October 24, 2023 People Are Worried That They're Going to Be Victimized by Cyber Crime
Lisa Plaggemier, Executive Director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance, joins the show to discuss the 20th anniversary of Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
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October 23, 2023 How the Right Policies Can Stabilize Federal Debt and Grow the Economy
Wharton business economics and public policy professor Kent Smetters, who is faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), discusses the latest analysis on federal debt and how Congress can address the issue with a few changes to fiscal policy.
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15min
October 19, 2023 Do Retail Investors Care About Firms' ESG-Related Activities? New Paper Investigates
Christina Zhu, Assistant Professor of Accounting at Wharton, joins the show to discuss her new paper on how retail investors view firms' ESG-related activities.
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16min

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