This Week in Business

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Puerto Rico is a hub of pharmaceutical manufacturing, but recent hurricanes Maria and Irma have inflicted significant damage to the island and the pharmaceutical supply chain. Host Dan Loney talks with Bill McLaury, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Supply Chain Management at Rutgers Business School and Former Executive Director of Pharma Supply Chain at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and Mark Schwartz, Lawyer at Hyman, Phelps, & McNamara, P.C., to discuss what this could mean for the industry as a whole on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest round of North American Free Trade Agreement re-negotiations wrapped up recently with Canada and Mexico reportedly frustrated by US demands. Host Dan Loney looks at the recent developments with Matt Gold, Professor at the Fordham University School of Law and Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for North America, and Andrea Bjorklund, Faculty of Law Professor at McGill University and Former Member of the NAFTA Arbitration Team at U.S. Department of State, on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc., joins host Mitch Goldman to discuss the history of the Fortune 500® company currently the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health, and medical practitioners on The Business of Health Care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After almost four years on Business Radio, the the Digital Show had it's final episode featuring a reunion of all four hosts. Join them as they discuss all the current major topics in the tech space from Facebook algorithms to autonomous vehicles, and some of their favorite Digital Show moments from the archives. Hosts include Kevin Werbach, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at Wharton; Kartik Hosanagar, Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions at Wharton; Loren Feldman, Senior Editor at Forbes and Host of Mind Your Business on Business Radio; and Reed Hundt, Former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After almost four years on Business Radio, the the Digital Show had it's final episode featuring a reunion of all four hosts. Join them as they discuss all the current major topics in the tech space from Facebook algorithms to autonomous vehicles, and some of their favorite Digital Show moments from the archives. Hosts include Kevin Werbach, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at Wharton; Kartik Hosanagar, Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions at Wharton; Loren Feldman, Senior Editor at Forbes and Host of Mind Your Business on Business Radio; and Reed Hundt, Former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.