Economics

“Heat affects everything from students taking important exams to workers,” says R. Jisung Park of the Wharton School and the School of Social Policy & Practice.

“Markets are still cautious, and the infrastructure that’s been destroyed [in the Middle East] is going to take a while to re-create. Inflation’s going to stay elevated for a while,” says Patrick Harker of the Wharton School.

“Many of the challenges for working parents, and the solutions, are about the structure of work, not people’s individual effort,” says Corinne Low of the Wharton School.

Inflation “rises like a rocket and falls like a feather,” says Patrick Harker of the Wharton School.

“Working moms today are spending more time with their kids than stay-at-home moms when we were kids,” says Corinne Low of the Wharton School.

Speaking about the depletion of the Social Security trust fund, Kent Smetters of the Wharton School says, “We’re still talking about a pretty sizable increase that would be necessary in terms of taxes or benefit cuts going forward, and if we don’t take action soon, that number just simply goes up.”

Judd Kessler of the Wharton School writes about FIFA's ticket pricing strategy.

Mohamed El-Erian of the Wharton School discusses market trends, the state of the economy, and the impact of the U.S.-Iran peace framework.