This Week in Business

Brad Grossman, Founder and CEO of Zeitguide, joins host Americus Reed to discuss marketing trends noted in this year’s Zeitguide report, including the potential end of the CMO, on Maketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeff Pfeffer, Stanford University Professor, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss this question and more, addressed in his new book "Dying for a Paycheck" on Work and Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Australia hasn’t had a mass shooting event since 1996, after a law was introduced to curb firearm deaths. Requirements owning a gun were strengthened, including a 28 days wait period, an extensive background check, and only handguns available to citizens. Host Dan Loney talks with Postdoctoral Researchers at Wharton’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics’ Ben Ukert and Elena Andreyeva, who are looking at long-term prevention of firearm injuries in their paper, “Association Between Gun Law Reforms and Intentional Firearm Deaths in Australia” on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed Marcum, Managing Director of Humanity United, joins hosts Sandi Hunt and Katherine Klein to discuss the foundation's dedication to bringing new approaches to global problems that have long been considered intractable on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Penn Wharton Budget Model's dynamic analysis of investment in public infrastructure was released following the White House release of President Trump's plans. Recently the administration criticized the PWBM's calling it "flawed" and suggesting "one cannot help but question whether the authors who produced it had any bias.” Host Dan Loney speaks with Kent Smetters, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School and Faculty Director of the PWBM, to discuss how PWBM has responded to this criticism and why they're confident in their model projections on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it had charged Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes with fraud. Under an agreement the former billionaire startup founder is stripped of her voting control of the company, banned from being an offer or directed of any public company for at least a decade and required to pay a $500k penalty. Host Dan Loney talks with Wayne Guay, Professor of Accounting at the University of Pennsylvania, and James Angel, Professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, to discuss the details of the case on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Economist has a new report on the changing car/AV/tech industries, congestion, city planning safety, policymakers and the vision required to make them work. Host Dan Loney speaks to the author of this report Tom Standage, Deputy Editor/Head of Digital Strategy for The Economist, to go over key findings on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case on protection of corporate ‘whistleblowers.’ According to the unanimous vote of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. V. Somers, employees may now go straight to the Securities and Exchange Commission instead of their internal organizational channels to complain about corporate misdeeds. Host Dan Loney speaks with Joseph Sirbak, Labor Attorney at Cozen O'Connor, to discuss his views on this case and how qualifying as a ‘whistleblower’ is hard to define on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comcast is offering $31Billion for the British satellite broadcast company Sky, outbidding Fox's bid. Host Dan Loney talks with Hemant Bhargava, Professor of Technology Management at UC Davis, Randall Smith, Professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and Ian Whittaker, Head of European Media Research at Liberum Capital Limited, to discuss why the Sky is so valuable to both entertainment giants on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Goepper, two-time Olympian, and most recently Silver Medalist in Men’s Ski Slope, joins hosts Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, Eric Bradlow, and Shane Jensen to discuss his career and overall strategies for skiing competitions on Wharton Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.