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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August 08, 2025 How Deportation Policies Impact High-Skilled Worker Wages
Kent Smetters, Faculty Director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, discusses recent research revealing how deportation—especially over long periods—can lower GDP and reduce wages for high-skilled workers, challenging assumptions about who truly benefits or suffers from such policies.
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August 06, 2025 Managing Talent That Disrupts Team Dynamics
Maurice Schweitzer, Wharton Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, joins the show to explore the challenges organizations face when high-performing employees clash with leadership, drawing on real-world examples from sports and business including Steve Jobs, Jamie Dimon, and Sheryl Sandberg.
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August 01, 2025 Ferrero, Kellogg, and the Return of the Breakup-Merger Cycle
Emilie Feldman, Wharton Professor of Management, explores how recent M&A activity—such as Ferrero’s acquisition of WK Kellogg—reflects a recurring trend where companies separate high-and low-growth assets only to later reintegrate them, drawing parallels to past moves by Kraft, Heinz, and other consumer goods giants.

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July 30, 2025 How AI Is Reshaping Work and Higher Learning
Manav Raj, Wharton Assistant Professor of Management, shares insights on how AI is transforming job roles, challenging traditional degree models, and pushing both students and educators to rethink skills development in a shifting labor market.
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July 25, 2025 Jeremy Siegel on Inflation, Fed Policy, and Market Resilience
Jeremy Siegel, Wharton Emeritus Professor of Finance and WisdomTree Chief Economist, shares his outlook on economic growth, inflation, interest rates, and market resilience, addressing the impact of tariffs, the rise of AI, and the uncertain future of Federal Reserve leadership.
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July 23, 2025 Understanding Dynamic Pricing in Today’s Inflationary Climate
John Zhang, Wharton Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, discusses how firms use tariff-induced economic conditions to raise prices and explore dynamic pricing strategies, balancing profit motives with consumer perceptions and competition.
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July 18, 2025 How Business Leaders Are Misjudging AI’s Workforce Impact
Peter Cappelli, Management Professor at the Wharton School and Director of the Center on Human Resources, explains why bold predictions about AI-driven job loss often miss the mark, how financial pressures are influencing executive behavior, and why uncertainty—not automation—should be guiding future workforce strategies.
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July 16, 2025 Rebuilding Boeing: Engineering, Ethics, and Organizational Change
Greg Shea, Adjunct Professor of Management and Senior Fellow at the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change, outlines how Boeing’s long-term shift away from its engineering roots has led to widespread reputational damage and organizational dysfunction—and what its leadership must do to repair both internal culture and external credibility.
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July 11, 2025 What the Reconciliation Bill Means for U.S. Households
Kent Smetters, Faculty Director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, discusses the newly passed reconciliation bill—highlighting its projected $3.6 trillion increase to the national debt, minimal near-term economic growth, and long-term GDP decline, along with how the legislation may reduce resources for lower-income households.

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July 09, 2025 Automatic Enrollment, Tax Fears, and the 401(k) Surge
Olivia Mitchell, Professor and Executive Director of the Pension Research Council at the Wharton School, joins the show to discuss Fidelity’s latest data showing record-high retirement saving rates, explore the policy and psychological factors driving increased 401(k) participation, and examine how generational trends, employer incentives, and concerns over Social Security and national debt are shaping the future of retirement preparedness.
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