Wharton Business Radio Highlights

Renters made up the almost 43 billion US households in 2016. As demand for rentals is on the rise, price increases have outpaced median household income growth. According to a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, a third of renters are now spending over 30 percent of there income on rent. Host Dan Loney talks with Erin Currier, Director of Pew's Family Financial Security and Mobility Project and it's Student Borrower Success Project, to discuss these findings and more on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One for the World is a new organization that helps young professionals chose where their charitable donation can have the greatest impact using a rigorous data-driven selection process. Host Dan Loney talks with the two Wharton graduates who co-founded this organization, Josh McCann, Associate Syndications Officer at the International Finance Corporation, and Kate Epstein, Engagement Manager at L.E.K. Consulting, to discuss how they are growing their impact and making charitable giving easy and effective on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Northern Ireland's border with the Republic of Ireland is a major issue as Brexit negotiations continue. The customs union has become a important aspect to Prime Minister Theresa May's dealings with the House of Lords and with the European Union. Host Dan Loney talks with Brendan O'Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and Michelle Egan, Professor in the School of International Service at American University and Global Fellow at the Wilson Center, to discuss the latest in the impending Brexit on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

French President Emmanuel Macron is the first leader to make an official state visit to the US under the Trump Administration. Host Dan Loney speaks with Daniel Kelemen, Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics at Rutgers University, and Olivier Chatain, Associate Professor Strategy and Business Policy Department at HEC Paris and a Senior Fellow at the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the Wharton School, to discuss what goals Macron has in mind for his meetings with President Trump on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Recently, Wells Fargo bank was recently fined a total of $1 billion dollars to two federal regulators. Host Dan Loney talks with David Zaring, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, Christopher Peterson, John J. Flynn Endowed Professor of Law at the University of Utah and former Special Advisor in the Office of the Director at the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Cindy Schipani, Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Business Law at University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, to discuss whether these fines were too steep, or not steep enough, and how Wells Fargo got itself into hot water on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

50 years ago, the United States Congress was trying to cut back on voting rights, housing and welfare regulations, and civil rights and entitlement programs. President, Lyndon B. Johnson was losing the Vietnam War, and Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy were assassinated. Host Dan Loney speaks with Kyle Longley, The Snell Family Dean's Distinguished Professor of History and Political Science at Arizona State University, to discuss his new book, "LBJ's 1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval" on Knowledge@Wharton. Longley believes that no other year - except maybe 1929 - had hosted such turmoil and describes all the events and their affects on our society a half-century later in this new book. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An entrepreneurial American Dream come true: Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac, Co-Founders of Cousins Maine Lobster, speak with host Dan Loney to share their story of growth and their new book Cousins Maine Lobster: How One Food Truck Became a Multimillion-Dollar Business on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Christian Terwiesch talks about the current innovation in the insurance world and what the future of insurance could look like with Mark Pitchford, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Esurance, and Kyle Nakatsuji, Co-Founder and CEO of Clearcover on Work of Tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dave Johnson, Director for the Penn Relays, joins host George Perry to discuss the prolific Penn sporting event that features more than 15,000 participants from high schools, colleges, and track clubs throughout North America and abroad, competing in more than 300 events over three days on The Wharton Sports Business Show. Penn Relays 2018 is April 26-28; for more info: http://thepennrelays.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amol Navathe, Leonard Davis Institute Senior Fellow and Perelman School of medicine Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, joins host Dan Loney to discuss his new research looking at hospital savings in the first year of hip and knee surgery mandatory bundled payments, explaining how these findings affect health care organizations, clinicians and policy makers on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marla Beck, CEO and Co-Founder of Bluemercury Inc., joins host Loren Feldman to discuss how her iconic high-growth luxury beauty retail chain is for disrupting the beauty retailing industry with its creative approach to personalized beauty solutions on Mind Your Business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the first time in nearly 60 years, a Castro is no longer Cuba's head of state. Raul Castro, who took the reins from his brother Fidel in 2008, officially stepped down last week making way for Miguel Diaz-Canal. Host Dan Loney speaks with Lillian Guerra, Professor of Cuban & Caribbean History at the University of Florida, Richard Gioioso, Director of Latin American Studies Program at Saint Joseph's University, and Gustavo Arnavat, Senior Adviser for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former Obama Administration official who represented the US at the Inter-American Development Bank, to discuss this political change for Cuba on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Individual tax cuts as outlined in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, are set to expire at the end of 2025. The newly released Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) analyses what would happen if they are extended to 2040, projecting over $5 trillion increases in government debt and reductions in GDP during the first 10 years and beyond. Host Dan Loney speaks with Kimberly Burham, Managing Director of Legislation and Special Projects at The PWBM, and Alan Auerbach, Director of the Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance at the University of California Berkeley, to discuss the impact of the tax cuts and the potential impact on the national debt on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Starbucks is trying to get past the fallout from the arrests of two black men who were waiting for a friend, then arrested, in a Philadelphia location last week. The coffee giant announced it will close eight thousand U.S. stores for racial-bias training for its employees. Host Dan Loney speaks with Stephanie Creary, Management Professor at the Wharton School, Mary Gilly, Senior Associate Dean at the University of California Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business, and Henry Boyd, Marketing Professor at University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, to discuss Starbucks' response to this issue and the move to mandate bias training on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What grade does Wharton Marketing Professor Americus Reed give Starbucks in their brand crisis management strategy? Last week, two African American men were arrested at a local Philadelphia Starbucks on the grounds of trespassing while waiting for a 3rd man to arrive for a business meeting. Starbucks declined to press charges and the men were released, but a national conversation has been ignited over racial discrimination by Starbucks at large. Professor and host Americus Reed dissects the incidents and resulting steps taken by Starbucks to make the situation right on Marketing Matters. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joel Flory, CEO and Co-Founder of VSCO, joins host Doug Collom to discuss his Oakland-based photography and social network app on Bay Area Ventures. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Heck, President of the Philadelphia 76ers, joins host George Perry to discuss his role of overseeing content, marketing and branding, ticket sales and service, sponsorship sales and activation, innovation strategy and business development for the Philadelphia 76ers on The Wharton Sports Business Show. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Katie O’Reilly, Chief Marketing Officer of the Philadelphia 76ers, joins host Dave Reibstein and guest host Suneal Bedi to discuss marketing strategies for the 76ers on Measured Thoughts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Many of us want to die peacefully alone at home, but since the advent of medical procedures elongating the human life span, our elder population die, often painfully, in cold institutions. Host Dan Loney speaks with retired physician Sam Harrington, who lays out alternative and practical end-of-life steps for older patients’ health care in his new book "At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life" on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bruce Feldman, Reporter for FOX Sports and Author of "The QB: The Making of Modern Quarterbacks", joins hosts Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, and Adi Wyner to discuss quarterback evaluations of the NFL Draft on Wharton Moneyball. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.