This Week in Business

Andy Rachlin, Managing Director for Lending and Investment at Reinvestment Fund, has teamed up with Pedro Ramos, President and CEO of The Philadelphia Foundation, to start the PhilaImpact Fund, a new place-based impact investment opportunity targeted to the Greater Philadelphia region. Andy and Pedro join hosts Sandi Hunt and Sherryl Kuhlman to discuss this new venture and the impacts they expect to have on the greater Philadelphia region on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Supreme Court recently ruled in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission in favor of a baker's right to refuse to make a wedding cake for a gay couple for religious reasons. Host Dan Loney talks with Amy Sepinwall, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, and Tobias Barrington Wolff, Professor at Penn Law, to discuss how narrowly this decision was defined and whether it's a slippery slope to other business refusing to serve various communities under similar reasoning on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

California is exploring the single payer system, which is being touted by the various Democratic gubernatorial candidates. Host Dan Loney talks with experts Robert Field and Andy Bindman to discuss the viability of this plan in such a big state on Knowledge@Wharton. Robert Field is a Lecturer in the Wharton Health Care Management Department; Professor of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health; and Professor of Law at Drexel's Thomas R. Kline School of Law. Andy Bindman is a Professor of Medicine at University California San Francisco; and Senior Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Italy and Spain have just undergone leadership changes in the last few days for different reasons. Host Dan Loney talks with Erik Jones, Director of European and Eurasian Studies at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, to discuss which leadership change has the European Union on edge and why on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Professor of Marketing Barbara Kahn has a new book "The Shopping Revolution: How Successful Retailers Win Customers in an Era of Endless Disruption," released today! Co-Host Americus Reed discusses the research and takeaways of The Shopping Revolution with Barbara on Marketing Matters.Buy the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Shopping-Revolution-Successful-Retailers-Disruption-ebook/dp/B07BHTJN7G Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook may have to apologize again for another PR disaster. The New York Times reports the social media giant has data-sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies including Huawei, which has been labeled a national security threat by U.S. intelligence. Host Dan Loney talks with Jennifer Golbeck, Director of University of Maryland's Social Intelligence Lab, and Andrea Matwyshyn, a Professor of Law and Professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, to discuss why these privacy issues seem to currently plaguing this company on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Insights: Dollars and Change hosts Nick Ashburn and Sandi Hunt chat about a recent role-playing exercise Sandi completed in her Penn Master's class to help students understand different communication styles. Get to know more about our D&C hosts in this exclusive clip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greg Isaacs, Chief Product and Marketing Officer for the Branded Entertainment Network, joins host Saikat Chaudhuri to discuss how this product placement marketing agency stays on top of emerging media trends on Mastering Innovation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Christian Terwiesch discusses disruption in the Consumer Food Industry with Sarah Mastrorocco, VP of Business Development at Instacart, and Josh Hix, Co-Founder and CEO of Plated, on Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Susan David, Psychologist at Harvard Medical School, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss her new book "Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life" on Work and Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.