Wharton Business Radio Highlights

James Bullard, President and CEO of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, joins hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel to discuss US monetary policy, interest rate hikes, and the recent Fed announcements on Behind the Markets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Christian Terwiesch discusses the future of innovations in US health care and how we receive that care with Dr. Jesse Pines, National Director of Clinical Innovation at US Acute Care Solutions, and Sharon Vitti, SVP and Executive Director at CVS MinuteClinic on Work of Tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Vento, CPA and President of Comprehensive Wealth Management, joins host Kent Smetters to discuss the latest tax law changes, what they mean for you, and what you need to be doing now in preparation for the 2018 tax season on Your Money. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara find out what it's like to go to work as an NFL player with Erik Lorig, current Wharton MBA student and former NFL Fullback/Tight End for the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on In the Workplace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In low and middle income countries, poorer and marginalized people often find themselves excluded from programs aimed at raising education levels. The U.S. provides aid to countries in a wide range of areas, but only 4% of that money involves education initiatives, which may disappear if the Trump administration goes through with proposed foreign aid spending cuts. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, is looking at different ways to tackle educational inequalities. Host Dan Loney speaks with Suzanne Grant Lewis, Director of the International Institute for Educational Planning for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and Dan Wagner, Chair in Literacy and Learning at Penn’s Graduate School of Education, to discuss what kind of goals and strategies UNESCO are considering on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kelly Palmer, Chief Learning Officer of Degreed, joins hosts Anne Greenhalgh and Mike Useem to discuss her mission to change the way the world learns as well as her new book "The Expertise Economy: How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete, and Succeed" on Leadership in Action. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alibaba's Chairman, Jack Ma, announced last week that he was stepping down as head of Chinese e-commerce giant. His successor will be Daniel Zhang, who is credited with the development of “Singles Day”, the largest 1-day retail shopping event in the world. Host Dan Loney talks with David Hsu, Professor of Management at the Wharton School, and Orville Schell, Director of the Asia Society’s Center on US-China Relations, to discuss the implications of this changing of the guard on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One year ago today, Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico causing mass devastation. Much of the island was left without power for months, almost 3000 people died from the storm and its aftereffects, and thousands of Puerto Ricans moved to the US mainland and haven't gone back. Knowledge@Wharton host Dan Loney discusses the state of the island now with Carla Minet, Executive Director of the Center for Investigative Journalism in Puerto Rico, and Charles Venator-Santiago, Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the University of Connecticut's Department of Political Science and the Institute for Latino, Caribbean and Latin American Studies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sara Schaer, Co-Founder & CEO of Kango, joins hosts Doug Collom and Irina Yuen to discuss her trustworthy ridesharing app for kids and busy parents on Bay Area Ventures. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Hennessy, Chairman of Alphabet's Board of Directors and Former Stanford University President, joins hosts Mike Useem and Anne Greenhalgh to discuss his career in leadership and his new book, "Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey," on Leadership in Action.Book - https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Matters-Lessons-My-Journey/dp/1503608018 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Laura Zarrow talks with Tina Tchen, Partner at Buckley Sandler LLP and former Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, Assistant to President Obama, and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls, on her 30 year career in public service on Women@Work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Wharton Prof Jeremy Siegel are LIVE from the 2018 Jacobs Levy Conference in NYC, talking with Nobel Prize winning Economist Robert Shiller, and Robin Greenwood, the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School, about the current market landscape and the changes in the 10 years post-financial crisis on Behind the Markets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Business Radio Special: The Great Recession: What's Changed in 10 years Part 2 About one in five workers in the U.S, lost their job in the beginning of the Great Recession and many of them never recovered. What has happened to the millions of people who settled for work below the level in which they were qualified, for less pay? With an improved unemployment number today at 4%, compared to the height of the recession when the unemployment rate peaked at 10 %, the wages are not catching up with the jobs. To look deeper at the impact of The Great Recession on the jobs market, we are joined by Wharton Professor of management PETER CAPPELLI, who is also Director of the Center for Human Resources, IWAN BARANKAY, Associate Professor of Management and Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at Wharton, and DAVID LEWIS, Professor Emeritus of Management, Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Then, from January

Business Radio Special: The Great Recession: What's Changed in 10 years Part 1On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy which sent the stock market tumbling. The problems that started in the US soon spread to Europe.  Several European nations, including Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, faced austerity to deal with their debt, and still face issues today.  Wharton Finance Professor,  JOAO GOMES, and ERIK JONES, Director of European and Eurasian Studies, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, join us to discuss how the European Union dealt with the recession and its lasting impact. Then, Iceland was the textbook case of the global banking crisis. Back then, the three biggest banks in Iceland had assets that were 14 times the national economic output of the country. At the height of the crisis Iceland's debt was close

Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Gerontologist and Instructor at Johns Hopkins University, joins host Ken Smetters to discuss everything you need to know, consider, and plan for when making the transition into assisted living for yourself or a loved one on Your Money. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Jeff Voigt leads an expert panel discussion on the current dynamics surrounding end of life care in the US - is there such a thing as a good death? on The Business of Health Care. Expert Panelists include: Dr. Holly Prigerson, Irving Sherwood Wright Professor of Geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and Director of the Cornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care; Dr. Connie Ulrich, Lillian S. Brunner Chair, Professor of Nursing, and Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine; and Dr. Philip Pizzo, David and Susan Heckerman Professor and Founding Director of the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute. Dr. Pizzo co-chaired the National Academy of Medicine 2014 report on Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jesse Eisinger, Senior Reporter at ProPublica and Author of "The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives," joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Iwan Barankay to discuss the world of White Collar Crime and whether or not the US has been cracking down on punishment of these crimes on In the Workplace.Book - https://www.amazon.com/Chickenshit-Club-Department-Prosecute-Executives/dp/1501121367 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brian Burke, Senior Analytics Specialist at ESPN, joins hosts Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow, and Shane Jensen to discuss the outlook for NFL's 2018 season on Wharton Moneyball. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Katica Roy, CEO and Founder of Pipeline, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss how her technology company uses artificial intelligence to assess, address, and take action against gender bias in companies and helps them improve their bottom line on Women@Work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doug Straton, Chief Digital Commerce Officer at Hershey, joins host Nicolaj Siggelkow to discuss digital innovation within a 120-year old established global brand on Mastering Innovation. The Hershey Company is "among the most respected companies in the world, bringing snacks, community growth, and human opportunity to all corners of the globe." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.