This Week in Business

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

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 her retail philosophy moving forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

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

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

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

There's a belief that 70% of people who will vote in the upcoming presidential election already know who they are going to vote for. How do you influence undecided voters - and convince the 70% who are decided to at least consider the other candidate? Jonah Berger, Associate Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School, talks about how to influence mindsets on this edition of Wharton Business Dail...

Carolyn Kousky, Executive Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, discusses the aftermath of natural disasters and why low-income households should be prioritized after disaster strikes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Janice Bellace, Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics & Legal Studies at The Wharton School, talks to Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney about concerns that women are faring worse than their male counterparts when it comes to pandemic layoffs and job losses, particularly working mothers who are dealing with the added challenges resulting from long-term school closures. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Gillian Thomas, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU's Women's Rights Project - which Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped create - talks about RBG's legacy and what enabled her to lead significant change in women's rights and racial equality throughout her life and career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Prisinzano, Director of Policy Analysis for the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), discusses the recent release of the PWBM's analysis of the Biden Platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yuri Milner, Founder of DST Global and Wharton MBA Alumnus, talks about the new $10 million gift he and his wife made to Wharton to create the Friends of Israel MBA Fund, which will provide full tuition over the course of the two-year Wharton MBA program for a cohort of more than 60 Israeli students over the next decade. He also discusses venture capital and the future of tech entrepreneurship wit...

Eugene Scalia, U.S. Secretary of Labor, talks about the most recent weekly unemployment claims report and the August Labor Department report, and plans to get the still unemployed back to work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President and CEO of Time's Up Tina Tchen talks to Dan Loney about why media coverage of female politicians, which traditionally centers around physical appearance and family life vs. credentials, needs to change, and how it contributes to inequity across the business world as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Associate Professor of Management Ethan Mollick talks about his new book, The Unicorn's Shadow: Combating the Dangerous Myths that Hold Back, Startups, Founders and Investors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Assistant Professor of Political Science at The Wharton School, Marc Meredith, talks about mail-in voting for upcoming presidential election amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

U.S. Secretary of Education talks about school reopenings, how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered education and is impacting school choice in this interview with Dan Loney. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bob Meyer, Professor of Marketing and Co-Director of the Risk Management Decision Processes Center at The Wharton School, discusses how to better prepare from a risk standpoint in light of California wildfires and Gulf Coast hurricane season, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With many schools remaining closed, online education is gaining additional scrutiny. Sal Khan, Founder and CEO of Khan Academy, talks about distance learning and how school districts are dealing with adding components from various educational apps to fill in the gaps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pinar Yildirim, Assistant Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School, talked to Dan Loney about social media and electoral dynamics, and how to reverse the 'incumbency advantage' in the U.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of HP, talks to Dan Loney about what Kamala Harris will bring to the Democratic ticket, how she will impact the race itself, and the "abject failure of the political class" in stalling necessary financial relief to the American people during the Coronavirus pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Berkey, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School, talks about the ethics of corporations rescinding COVID-related perks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Professor of Management Nancy Rothbard talks about how to create work/life boundaries during the work-from-home era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The question of what school will look like this fall is the ongoing question being debated around the country this summer. Dr. David Rubin, Director of PolicyLab at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, provides his perspective on what schools need to be considering if they are going to have a compo...

Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about how the US can get control of the Coronavirus pandemic and where we are in the race for a vaccine that's both safe and effective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.