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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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'Survivor's' #MeToo Moment Explained Jan 16, 2020

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The most recent season of 'Survivor' (Island of the Idols) ended with its own #MeToo moment, which will lead to significant changes for the future of both the show and CBS. For the first time in the reality show’s history, a contestant, Dan Spilo, was removed for inappropriate behavior and sexual harassment against another contestant, Kellee Kim. Kim, who competed on Survivor while she was finishing her MBA at Wharton last year, discusses her experience, the male/female dynamic on a reality TV show, and her time at Wharton.

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Conflict in Iran: What Does it Mean for the U.S.? Jan 09, 2020

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The U.S. drone strike that killed Major General Qassim Suleimani has heightened tensions between the U.S. and the Middle East. This week, Iraq’s Parliament voted to remove 5,000 U.S. forces from the country, and Iran fired more than 20 ballistic missiles at two U.S. military bases in Iraq. 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 week’s strike against Iran, the state of U.S. relations with the Middle East over the last two years, and what to expect moving forward from both a military and economic perspective.

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How Ridesharing Adds Value to Your Life Jan 02, 2020

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Not everything about ridesharing is negative. Riders are making friends, learning about their community and even getting job leads, all from the back seat of their Uber or Lyft. Wharton Management Prof Lindsey Cameron discusses her study of the positive social and cultural exchanges that take place inside rideshare vehicles.

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What to Expect from Retail in 2020 and Beyond Dec 26, 2019

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Retail isn’t all store closings and bankruptcies. Legacy retailers and direct-to-consumer startups alike are transforming their businesses through innovative technology, partnerships and more. Wharton Marketing Prof and Baker Retailing Center Academic Director Tom Robertson, and Baker Retailing Center Managing Director Mina Fader, discuss the challenges and opportunities retailers face in a time of transformation.

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Does Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Add Up? Dec 19, 2019

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Wharton Professor Kent Smetters discusses the Penn Wharton Budget Model's analysis of Senator Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax. They found that Warren's proposal would shrink the economy between .09 and 2.1 percent by 2050, and raise roughly $1.0 to $1.4 trillion less than Warren's campaign estimate.

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At What Age are Entrepreneurs Most Successful? Dec 10, 2019

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Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates founded their pathbreaking companies when they were still in their teens. Steve Jobs founded Apple at 21. Their stories, which get a lot of media attention, have many believing that younger entrepreneurs are the most successful. However, research from Wharton management professor Daniel Kim shows they are exceptions to the rule, and that the average age of successful entrepreneurs is actually a lot older.

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NFL Season Preview with Josh Hermsmeyer Sep 18, 2019

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Josh Hermsmeyer, Writer for FiveThirtyEight and Founder of AirYards.com where he works on all things football analytics, joins hosts Cade Massey, Shane Jensen, Eric Bradlow, and Adi Wyner to discuss his predictions for the current NFL season and the analytics backing him up on Wharton Moneyball.

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Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Sep 04, 2019

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Safi Bahcall, pysicist and biotech entrepreneur, joins host Harbir Singh on Mastering Innovation to discuss his book “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries”, which explores groundbreaking innovations that almost never saw the light of day!

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A Look at the Recent Federal Interest Rate Decrease Aug 28, 2019

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Patrick Harker, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and a former Wharton dean, joins Mukul Pandya of Knowledge@Wharton to discuss the July 2019 decrease of the Federal Interest Rate and the current state of the US economy in this special podcast.

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How to Build Habit-Forming Products Aug 21, 2019

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Nir Eyal has been dubbed "The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology" by the MIT Technology Review. Nir joins host Americus Reed to discuss his best-selling book on consumer behavior "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" on Marketing Matters.

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