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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Regulating Foreign Insider Trades on U.S. Stock Exchanges

Dan Taylor, Professor of Accounting at the Wharton School, discusses how his research helped shape new legislation requiring foreign company executives to disclose stock trades and protect U.S. investors from opportunistic insider selling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14 min
6D AGO

Faculty Prediction Series: Residential and Commercial Real Estate Trends for 2026

Susan M. Wachter, Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate at the Wharton School, discusses the outlook for housing and commercial real estate, focusing on inflation trends, interest rates, inventory challenges, and what these forces mean for markets in the year ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 min
12/26/2025

Faculty Prediction Series: Assessing Inflation, Jobs, and Markets Heading Into 2026

Jeremy Siegel, Wharton Emeritus Professor of Finance and Senior Economist at WisdomTree, shares his perspective on the state of the U.S. economy, analyzing recent rate cuts, inflation progress, employment data, tariff uncertainty, and what they could mean for markets and growth in 2026. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 min
12/24/2025

Faculty Prediction Series: The 2026 Labor Market Outlook and What Comes Next

Matthew Bidwell, Wharton Professor of Management, reflects on the cooling labor market, the influence of artificial intelligence, hybrid work dynamics, and what workers and graduates should expect as the economy heads toward 2026. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11 min
12/19/2025

Faculty Prediction Series: Where Artificial Intelligence Stands Heading Into 2026

Ethan Mollick, Co- Director of Wharton Generative AI Labs, examines how artificial intelligence continues to advance without slowing, highlighting its growing business adoption, potential labor market effects, and the importance of guardrails as organizations prepare for 2026. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 min
12/17/2025

Free Versus Fair Trade in a Changing Global Economy

John Zhang, Wharton Marketing Professor, discusses his recent analysis of free versus fair trade, explaining the economic assumptions, political incentives, and distributional consequences of tariffs in today’s global trading system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11 min
12/12/2025

Why Today’s AI Bubble May Fuel Tomorrow’s Economic Growth

Lynn Wu, Wharton Associate Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, explains why today’s AI investment frenzy, while exhibiting bubble-like characteristics, represents a vital phase of technological evolution—driving infrastructure development, enabling future economic spillovers, and laying the groundwork for transformative advancements across industries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11 min
12/10/2025

Understanding the True Costs Behind Credit Card Lending

Itamar Drechsler, Wharton School Professor of Finance and Co-Director of the Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research, explains the economic forces behind high credit card interest rates, highlighting the roles of defaults, operating costs, marketing expenditures, and market power in shaping what consumers ultimately pay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Finding the Right Job Fit

Business Radio Insights: What are the most important things we can look for in a job to ensure job satisfaction and a good work/life balance? Sally Thornton explains her top two suggestions to Work and Life host and Wharton Prof Stew Friedman in this clip. Sally Thornton is founder and CEO of Forshay, a company that focuses on how people can do their best work through executive recruiting, project-based work, and improving the system of work through increased diversity, inclusion, and belonging. For the full interview with Sally Thornton, check out the Work and Life Podcast episode, here! http://www.workandlifepodcast.com/blog/st Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10/16/2018

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Interesting podcast

12/10/2020

penncast2020

Really interesting speakers and topics. Very diverse. Please fix the audio- alll call in guests and sound quality and volume levels very uneven between them and hosts. Go quakers!
Daily?

02/02/2023

J5125

Wharton Business Daily is the title, but lacking daily content. Is content being recorded and subsequently not posted? Seems like this podcast leans one direction politically so wondering if missed episodes are a result of unfavored opinions or discussions?
Villanova is better (at most things)

01/04/2021

Frog Ghost Buster

You are going great and one day you will will approach your friends down Lancaster Avenue!
Variety and Content Quality Unparalleled

02/25/2019

JLBond

This is by far the cast I most anticipate because the programming is so broad, topics so timely and guests so expert. Some hosts are better than others, but all of the content is top tier!

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.