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Wharton’s Benjamin Keys explains why the red-hot U.S. real estate market isn’t a bubble that’s ready to burst. Home prices are likely to stay high for years to come. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton’s Lindsey Cameron explains why algorithms that monitor worker productivity like the ones used by Amazon are a bad idea. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton’s Katherine Klein talks with B Lab co-founder Bart Houlahan about the soaring interest in companies seeking “Certified B Corporation” status and what that means for the social impact movement. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a new book Wharton’s Peter Cappelli says the choices employees and employers must make about the future of work could be among the most important they face. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Using more concrete language can improve customer satisfaction according to new research from Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New research from Wharton’s Sasha Indarte shows the role that bias plays in bankruptcy and the racial wealth gap in the U.S. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Americans would be more likely to claim billions in untapped federal aid if they felt psychological ownership over those benefits according to a new study from Wharton’s Wendy De La Rosa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sent “three significant messages” on the U.S. economic outlook in his address last month in Jackson Hole Wyoming according to Wharton’s Christina Parajon Skinner. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the trial against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes continues in federal court Wharton’s Lawton R. Burns examines the prickly relationship between technology and health care. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Letting employees express their full range of emotions at work can result in better team-building and problem-solving according to new research from Wharton’s Michael Parke. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Inflation-driven higher interest rates will have varying effects on banks’ resilience says Wharton’s Itay Goldstein. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

America’s beloved game show made the same mistake as many companies when it failed to widen the search for a new host says Wharton’s Corinne Low. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton’s Gad Allon explains why companies should consider nearshoring to blunt the effects of supply chain issues in China. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patients are more likely to get vaccinated when they receive text reminders that a shot is ready and waiting for them according to the results of a large field experiment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton’s Katherine Klein talks to Sonal Shah founder of The Asian American Foundation a new advocacy group that wants to increase visibility support and understanding for the third-largest demographic in the U.S. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As part of the Leading Diversity at Work series Wharton’s Stephanie Creary speaks with two experts about workplace well-being especially for employees of color facing the “double whammy” of the pandemic and heightened tensions around racial and social justice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton’s John Paul MacDuffie says building consumer confidence in electric vehicles will help the Biden administration succeed in its plan to cut gas-powered cars and emissions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Higher government debt will crowd out private capital and erode productivity leaving GDP unchanged a Penn Wharton Budget Model analysis shows. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton’s Olivia S. Mitchell explains the reasons behind the federal government’s call to re-examine its pension investments in light of climate change. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Firms that mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for employees are protecting the workforce and mitigating loss says Wharton management professor Iwan Barankay. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.