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Debt & Older Americans: Why...

04.15.2021

Older Americans are carrying more debt into retirement which is leading to problems with retirement savings. Olivia Mitchell, Wharton Finance Professor, talks about the impact of debt on older Americans and her associated research. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out ...

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04.15.2021 Debt & Older Americans: Why Is There an Increase in Financial Fragility? Older Americans are carrying more debt into retirement which is leading to problems with retirement savings. Olivia Mitchell, Wharton Finance Professor, talks about the impact of debt on older Americans and her associated research. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out ...
04.13.2021 Robin Hood’s Wes Moore on Joining Forces to Close the Racial Wealth Gap Wes Moore, CEO of Robin Hood Foundation, spoke to Dan Loney about the racial wealth gap and its new NinetyToZero initiative. NinetyToZero includes a wide range of CEOs and organizations that have come together with the goal to close the ...
04.08.2021 No Zoom Fridays & Remote Work Policies to Improve Work Life Balance Iwan Barankay, Wharton Associate Professor of Management and Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, discusses Citigroup's rollout of "No Zoom Fridays" and how other companies will approach instituting work-life balance policies in this next phase of hybrid work. ...
04.06.2021 Golden Globe Winner Jon Batiste on the Pandemic's Impact on the Music Business Jon Batiste, Grammy Multi-Nominee and Golden Globe Winner for Best Original Score, talks to Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney about the GRAMMYs, navigating the music business, his take on the industry through the pandemic, and where he thinks the industry ...
04.01.2021 Obamacare Author Zeke Emanuel on What the Healthcare Industry Has Learned from Covid-19 Zeke Emanuel, Member of Biden's Transition Covid-19 Advisory Board and Penn's Vice Provost of Global Initiative, talks to Dan Loney about the impact of the pandemic on the healthcare industry, telemedicine and vaccine access as part of Wharton Business Daily's ...
03.30.2021 Celebrity Chef/restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson on Rooting for Restaurants' Survival Celebrity Chef & Restauranteur Marcus Samuelsson talks to Dan Loney about the unimaginable toll the pandemic has taken on the restaurant industry and how he is working to build back up for the future. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out ...
03.25.2021 Should You Pay Down Your Mortgage Early? Wharton Finance Professor Michael Roberts talks with Dan Loney about why not paying down your mortgage early and instead, investing that money in riskier options, might be a better move in the long run. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out ...
03.23.2021 How Do We Encourage More Women in STEM? Amy Shira Teitel, Space Historian and author of Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Space Flight, spoke with Dan Loney about women in STEM careers - and specifically in the aerospace industry - as part ...
03.18.2021 Want a COVID Vaccine? Here's How FindAShot.org Can Help Finding COVID-19 vaccine appointments can be a challenging feat, and as more COVID-19 vaccines become available, more people will need to find pharmacies and other locations closest to them where they can be vaccinated. David Newell, Wharton Student and Founder ...
03.16.2021 Grammy Winner Grace Potter on Navigating the Music Industry Singer-songwriter Grace Potter sits down with Dan Loney to discuss The Grammy's and her 2021 nominations, as well as navigating the music business over the years and equality and representation for women in music in honor of Women's History Month, ...
03.11.2021 Trust, Communication Key to Increasing LTC Workers Vaccine Uptake How do you ensure that people - or specifically those who work in healthcare and long term care facilities - take the COVID vaccines? Wharton Professor of Management Sigal Barsade discusses new research she co-authored that tackles these questions and ...
03.09.2021 Breaking Down the Barriers for Women in Pro Sports Hilary Knight, USA Women's Hockey Player, 2018 Gold Medalist, Founder of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, talks to Dan Loney about creating more opportunities for growth for women in sports and business. This interview was part of Wharton Business ...
03.04.2021 How Do We Encourage People to Take the Covid Vaccine? Katy Milkman, Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics and Professor of Operations, Information & Decisions at Wharton, talks to Wharton Business Daily Host Dan Loney about the psychology behind persuading people to take a vaccine. See ...
03.02.2021 How Should Businesses Bring Employees Back to Work? Tom Frieden, former CDC director, former NYC health commissioner, and president and CEO of Resolve for Our Lives, talks about the vaccine effort, why things are getting better, and how businesses can start to think about bringing employees back to ...
02.25.2021 Diversity & Inclusion: How Are We Holding Companies Accountable? Wharton Assistant Professor of Management Stephanie Creary talks to Dan Loney about her research into how decisions around diversity and inclusion impacts companies and corporate boards, and if we're truly making an impact. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
02.23.2021 Why Investing in Black Businesses Can Support the Economy at Large Tarik Brooks, President of Combs Enterprises, talks about the importance of investing in Black business, and how Combs Enterprises teamed up with JP Morgan to support minority entrepreneurs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
02.18.2021 COVID Vaccine Rollout: How Will We Reach Herd Immunity? Alison Buttenheim, the Silverstein Endowed Term Chair in Global Women's Health and Director of Engagement at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at Penn, talks to Dan Loney about the Coronavirus vaccine rollout, the issues with vaccine hesitancy and ...
02.16.2021 Billionaire Tom Steyer on Restoring America Tom Steyer, Billionaire investor, Philanthropist and 2020 Presidential Candidate talks to Dan Loney about the early weeks of the Biden administration and the role of the private sector in restoring America. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
02.11.2021 Can a Company's Purpose Influence Performance? The importance of purpose within a company and whether it links back to a company's performance in light of 2020's social justice movement is something that will continue to be examined in the coming months and years. Claudine Gartenberg, Wharton ...
02.09.2021 Master P: We Can Overcome Injustice Through Economic Empowerment Rapper Percy "Master P" Miller, talks about his business interests and why America's Black community must focus on economic empowerment in order to change injustice as part of Wharton Business Daily's special on Black business in America. See acast.com/privacy for ...
02.04.2021 What Exactly Do Executive Orders Do? Sarah Light, Associate Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, talks to Dan Loney about the Biden administration's executive orders - specifically, those on climate priorities - what they mean, and what has to happen next to see these policy ...
02.02.2021 Is Anger Over Stock Shorts Justified? Barry Ritholtz, CIO Ritholtz Wealth Management, joins Wharton Business Daily to talk about GameStop, stock shorts and why the anger over shorts is misplaced. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.28.2021 Overnight Sensation: How GameStop Became One of the Year's Hottest Stocks Sasha Indarte, Assistant Professor of Finance, talks to Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney about GameStop's short squeeze, the risks involved, and the process of short selling. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.26.2021 "Biggest Loser's" Bob Harper on Covid-era Home Workouts Host of The Biggest Loser Bob Harper talks about fitness, wellness and the new digital content he's working on for people trying to get in shape from home as part of this Wharton Business Daily Special - the Business of ...
01.21.2021 Biden & Economic Recovery: What's First on the Agenda Kent Smetters, Wharton Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy and Faculty Lead of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, joins Wharton Business Daily host Dan Loney to talk about the economic outlook with the new administration, and how the COVID-19 ...
01.19.2021 How Can We Tech Investor Guy Kawasaki on Vaccine Acceptance Americans to Get the COVID Vaccine? Guy Kawasaki talks about the strong anti-vaccination movement in the United States, and how to encourage people who are hesitant about vaccines to take the Coronavirus vaccine so that we can return to 'normalcy.' On his Remarkable People podcast, Guy ...
01.14.2021 Was Amazon Within Its Rights When it Removed Parler? In light of Parler's antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, Herb Hovenkamp, Professor of Business Ethics & Legal Studies at the Wharton School and antitrust expert, talks about the actions of social media and tech platforms in terms of shutting down commentary ...
01.12.2021 Ted Talker/author Simon Sinek on Why Optimism is Essential Simon Sinek, author and inspirational speaker, talks to Dan Loney about New Year's goals and visions, and why it's important to stay optimistic amidst the backdrop of the pandemic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.07.2021 Conflict in Iran: What Does it Mean for the U.S.? In this replay of our top podcast of 2020, Joseph Westphal, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Inaugural Chang Sun Term Professor at Penn's Lauder Institute, discusses his perspective on the process that occurred leading up to last January's ...
12.22.2020 Will Diverse Board Requirements Make Companies Better? Katherine Klein, Wharton Professor of Management and Vice-Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, talks about NASDAQ's recent announcement requiring board diversity, why it's important to reinforce diversity throughout the company overall, and why companies have been historically resistant to ...
12.17.2020 America's Restaurants Are Suffering: Here's How to Save Them Andrew Zimmern, Founder & CEO of Passport Hospitality, returns to Wharton Business Daily to talk to Dan Loney about why he says the restaurant industry is falling apart nine months into the pandemic, and what must be done to save ...
12.15.2020 The Challenges in Distributing the COVID-19 Vaccine Gad Allon, Professor of Operations, Information & Decisions at the Wharton School, and Director of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, talks about the massive logistical challenges in distributing the COVID-19 vaccines. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out ...
12.10.2020 Does Diversity Branding Hurt Diversity? The advent and use of artificial intelligence is leading to deeper conversations about the influence this technology will have in the years ahead, particularly as it relates to data collection and privacy. In this re-play of a pre-pandemic interview with ...
12.08.2020 Is It a Mistake to Erase Student Debt? Wharton Assistant Professor of Finance Sylvain Catherine and Chicago Booth Assistant Professor of Finance Constantine Yannelis discuss their new research on student debt forgiveness with Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.03.2020 The Challenge of Running "Pandemic Sports" Co-founder of Premier Lacrosse League Paul Rabil talks to Dan Loney about lacrosse growing into a national, professional sport - and what it's like running a sports league during the pandemic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.01.2020 The Business of Black Friday During a Pandemic As part of Wharton Business Daily's special, "The Business of Black Friday During a Pandemic," Wharton Professor of Marketing Barbara Kahn talks about the evolution of Black Friday and how the pandemic has changed one of the biggest shopping days ...
11.24.2020 Why 2021 Will Be 'Gangbusters' Wharton Professor of Finance Jeremy Siegel gives the lay of the land in terms of what he's seeing with Wall Street, the Dow nearing 30,000 and what the year ahead has in store for us as we look to recover ...
11.19.2020 The State of the Investing Landscape Howard Marks, W'67, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, talks about the current investing landscape, market recoveries and how the markets are doing well despite rising COVID-19 numbers across the country. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.17.2020 Why Social Media Is Now an Integral Part of Our Elections Wharton Assistant Professor of Marketing Pinar Yildirim talks about how social media has become an integral part of our elections, how they are cracking down on misinformation, and how they should continue to take more action moving forward. See acast.com/privacy ...
11.11.2020 Nobel Prize Winning Economist on COVID + Economic Recovery Paul Krugman talks to Dan Loney about his views on economic recovery, where we stand with the pandemic and how he feels about the future. Krugman is a Nobel Laureate, Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the ...
11.10.2020 Ant Group IPO: What Went Wrong David Hsu, Professor of Management at Wharton, talks about why Chinese regulators halted the Ant Group IPO and what might happen next. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.05.2020 A World's Eye View on the 2020 Presidential Election Ian Bremmer, founder and president of Eurasia Group, talks to Wharton Business Daily host Dan Loney about the 2020 presidential election and the potential impacts for firms and governments around the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.03.2020 The Lifespan of a CEO Marius Guenzel, Assistant Professor of Finance at Wharton, talks about the lifespan of a CEO both on the job and in their overall life. He discusses his recent paper that looked at the impact that different factors, like the Coronavirus ...
10.29.2020 Decision 2020: Reaching Voters As We Close In on Election Day Michael Steele, former RNC Chairman and Senior Advisor to The Lincoln Project, talks about the final weeks of campaigning, why national polling cannot be trusted, and how running a campaign is different for an incumbent vs. a first-time candidate. See ...
10.27.2020 Coastal Communities & Climate Risk: A Big Financial Challenge Ben Keys, Assistant Professor of Real Estate at the Wharton School, talks about sea level rise, its impact on the housing market, and what the future holds for the real estate market, mortgage lenders and insurers due to the effects ...
10.22.2020 Luxury Retailer Rebecca Minkoff: Future Entrepreneurs Can Learn from the Pandemic Rebecca Minkoff, designer and founder of the luxury retail company that bears her name, and member of the Directors Council of Wharton's Baker Retailing Center, talks to Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney about the pandemic's impact on luxury retailers, and ...
10.20.2020 How the Election is Impacting the News Media Major Garrett, Chief Washington Correspondent for CBS News, talks about how the election is impacting the news media, the landscape of news today and the problem with FOX News and MSNBC. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.15.2020 Understanding the Economics of School Reopenings Efraim Berkovich, Director of Computational Dynamics with the Penn Wharton Budget Model, talks to Dan Loney about the Penn Wharton Budget Model's new report that analyzes the economics of reopening schools vs. keeping them closed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and ...
10.13.2020 Leadership in a Pandemic John Mackey, Founder & CEO of Whole Foods, talks about how the company has fared during the pandemic, the kinds of leaders we need right now, and his new book, Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy ...
10.08.2020 Is At-Home Fitness Here to Stay? Fitness expert and founder of The Fitness App Jillian Michaels talks about her battle with COVID-19, how her businesses have been impacted by the pandemic and whether at-home fitness is here to stay. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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