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This Week in Business

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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How to Navigate SCARY Job Situations with Carrie Spaulding Oct 31, 2017

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Carrie Spaulding, Founder and President of The Thirtysomething Coach, joins host Dr. Dawn Graham for a SPOOKY Career Talk Halloween Special! They tackle how to navigate SCARY job situations, like how to negotiate for a raise, presenting in front of large groups, and more!

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A Glimpse of the Millionaire Next Door with Steve Medland Oct 31, 2017

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Business Radio Insights: Steve Medland, Co-Founder of TABR Capital Management, shares a glimpse into the life and financial choices of the subtle millionaire-next-door on Your Money with Kent Smetters.

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Puerto Rico Forbidden to use Disaster Relief Funds for Debt Repayment with David Skeel Oct 30, 2017

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A U.S. district judge has forbidden Puerto Rico from using disaster relief money for debt repayment. Dan Loney speaks with Penn Law Professor David Skeel Jr, one of seven experts chosen last year to supervise the island’s fiscal affairs, to discuss what happens next and how Puerto Rico deals with its financial crisis in addition to the hurricane recovery on Knowledge@Wharton.

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Montana Firm wins Puerto Rico's Electric Grid Reconstruction Contract with Jack Gillum Oct 30, 2017

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A two-year-old Montana company with just two full-time workers when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico recently won the $300 million contract to fix the island's crippled electrical grid. The Washington Post exposed the agreement made with Whitefish Energy and the company's ties to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Host Dan Loney speaks to Jack Gillum, part of the Post's investigative team, about this latest development in the rebuilding efforts on Knowledge@Wharton.

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Leadership in Action with Cecilia Muñoz Oct 27, 2017

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Host Mike Useem talks with Cecilia Muñoz, Former Director of the Domestic Policy Council under President Obama, about her career journey that has now led her to Vice President of Policy and Technology and Director of the National Network at New America, a think tank and civic enterprise dedicated to public debate on issues important to America in this age of technology and globalization, on Leadership in Action.

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Getting Your Work Team Unstuck with Roger Schwarz Oct 27, 2017

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Roger Schwarz, Organizational Psychologist, Speaker, and President and CEO of Roger Schwarz & Associates, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss his new book "Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams: How You and Your Team Get Unstuck to Get Results", about how leaders can learn to motivate and manage a team in a productive way on Work and Life.

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NFL and Athlete's Rights with Ken Shropshire, Charles Grantham, and Andrew Brandt Oct 26, 2017

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NFL players and team owners recently met to discuss the players kneeling during the national anthem after President Trump politicized the move, demanding owners fire them. Host Dan Loney looks at how the league is balancing the business of sports with the first amendment rights, and how it may impact the NFL going forward with Ken Shropshire, CEO of the Global Sports Institute and Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School, Charles Grantham, Wharton Alum and Director of the Center for Sport Management at Seton Hall University's Stillman School of Business, and Andrew Brandt, Director of Villanova University's Moorad Center for Sports Law, on Knowledge@Wharton.

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Republican Tax Overhaul Update with James Hines Jr. Oct 26, 2017

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Congressional Republicans and President Trump are pushing a tax overhaul bill they claim will help middle class Americans and won't add to the federal deficit. The proposal includes big corporate tax cuts, doubling the standard deduction, removing some tax deductions and simplifying the tax brackets. Host Dan Loney talks with James Hines Jr., Research Director at the Office of Tax Policy Research at University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, to discuss who will truly benefit by the plan, who will be hurt by it, and the chances it will pass on Knowledge@Wharton.

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Wage Growth Research with Mary Daly of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Oct 25, 2017

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Mary Daly, Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara to discuss the current research and trends regarding slow wage growth on In the Workplace.

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Recent Hurricanes' Impact on the Pharmaceutical Chain with Bill McLaury and Mark Schwartz Oct 25, 2017

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Puerto Rico is a hub of pharmaceutical manufacturing, but recent hurricanes Maria and Irma have inflicted significant damage to the island and the pharmaceutical supply chain. Host Dan Loney talks with Bill McLaury, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Supply Chain Management at Rutgers Business School and Former Executive Director of Pharma Supply Chain at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and Mark Schwartz, Lawyer at Hyman, Phelps, & McNamara, P.C., to discuss what this could mean for the industry as a whole on Knowledge@Wharton.

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