Wharton Business Radio Highlights

President Trump has chosen Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell to replace Janet Yellen as the next chairman of the central bank. Host Dan Loney talks with Peter Conti-Brown, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, and Krista Schwarz, Finance Professor at the Wharton School, to discuss what Powell is expected to bring to the position and the reactions from financial markets to this decision on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Constance Hunter, Chief Economist of KPMG LLP, and Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors, join hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel to discuss the markets' reaction to recent Fed Chair nominee, current proposed GOP tax plan, the jobs report, and much more on Behind the Markets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Andrew Lo, Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, joins hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel to discuss his new book, "Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought" with a recent market update on Behind the Markets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah Green Carmichael, Senior Editor at Harvard Business Review and host of the HBR IdeaCast podcast, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss research that shows overworking is actually LESS productive, and that time off is important on Work and Life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mitch Roschelle, Partner and Business Development Leader at PwC, joins host Sam Chandan to discuss the recently released Emerging Trends in Real Estate, the annual market forecast co-published by Mitch, on The Real Estate Hour. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ellen Ullman, Former Software Engineer, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss her new book "Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology" describing the social, emotional, and personal effects of technology as viewed by her time in the field on Women@Work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Zogby, Pollster and Founder and Senior Partner of John Zogby Strategies, joins host Anne Greenhalgh to discuss the art of polling and “Tribal Analytics”, which is his firm’s approach to predicting human behavior, on Leadership in Action. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam Waytz, Associate Professor of Management & Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara to discuss his recent Harvard Business Review Article "The Dangers of "Mandatory Fun" on In the Workplace, including listener calls with anecdotes of what "fun" has worked and not worked for their companies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brian Killingsworth, CMO of the newly formed NHL franchise, the Vegas Golden Knights, joins host Dave Reibstein to discuss marketing and launching a new sports team on Measured Thoughts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kobe Steel, Japan's third-largest steelmaker, admitted falsifying product specifications. Kobe Steel is a supplier to manufacturers of automobiles, planes, trains, nuclear equipment. Host Dan Loney talks with Richard Dasher, Director of the US/Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University, to discuss the fallout from this announcement and how it will affect not only Japan's reputation but the manufacturing industry as well on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are drug prices really too high, as President Trump implies? Robert Zirkelbach, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), and Steven Pearson, Founder and President of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), join host John Barkett to discuss whether the prices we pay for prescription drugs represent the value those drugs provide and what could be done to possibly lower prescription drug prices on The Business of Health Care. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Carrie Spaulding, Founder and President of The Thirtysomething Coach, joins host Dr. Dawn Graham for a SPOOKY Career Talk Halloween Special! They tackle how to navigate SCARY job situations, like how to negotiate for a raise, presenting in front of large groups, and more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Business Radio Insights: Steve Medland, Co-Founder of TABR Capital Management, shares a glimpse into the life and financial choices of the subtle millionaire-next-door on Your Money with Kent Smetters. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A two-year-old Montana company with just two full-time workers when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico recently won the $300 million contract to fix the island's crippled electrical grid. The Washington Post exposed the agreement made with Whitefish Energy and the company's ties to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Host Dan Loney speaks to Jack Gillum, part of the Post's investigative team, about this latest development in the rebuilding efforts on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A U.S. district judge has forbidden Puerto Rico from using disaster relief money for debt repayment. Dan Loney speaks with Penn Law Professor David Skeel Jr, one of seven experts chosen last year to supervise the island’s fiscal affairs, to discuss what happens next and how Puerto Rico deals with its financial crisis in addition to the hurricane recovery on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Mike Useem talks with Cecilia Muñoz, Former Director of the Domestic Policy Council under President Obama, about her career journey that has now led her to Vice President of Policy and Technology and Director of the National Network at New America, a think tank and civic enterprise dedicated to public debate on issues important to America in this age of technology and globalization, on Leadership in Action. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Roger Schwarz, Organizational Psychologist, Speaker, and President and CEO of Roger Schwarz & Associates, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss his new book "Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams: How You and Your Team Get Unstuck to Get Results", about how leaders can learn to motivate and manage a team in a productive way on Work and Life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Congressional Republicans and President Trump are pushing a tax overhaul bill they claim will help middle class Americans and won't add to the federal deficit. The proposal includes big corporate tax cuts, doubling the standard deduction, removing some tax deductions and simplifying the tax brackets. Host Dan Loney talks with James Hines Jr., Research Director at the Office of Tax Policy Research at University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, to discuss who will truly benefit by the plan, who will be hurt by it, and the chances it will pass on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NFL players and team owners recently met to discuss the players kneeling during the national anthem after President Trump politicized the move, demanding owners fire them. Host Dan Loney looks at how the league is balancing the business of sports with the first amendment rights, and how it may impact the NFL going forward with Ken Shropshire, CEO of the Global Sports Institute and Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School, Charles Grantham, Wharton Alum and Director of the Center for Sport Management at Seton Hall University's Stillman School of Business, and Andrew Brandt, Director of Villanova University's Moorad Center for Sports Law, on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mary Daly, Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara to discuss the current research and trends regarding slow wage growth on In the Workplace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.