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How the U.S. Rental Market Is Increasing Inequality
Recent trends show that while rents are falling for high-end dwellings, middle- and low-income renters are still struggling to afford housing.
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How One Firm Built and Sold Homes in Mortgage-less West Africa
American Homebuilders of West Africa builds homes for locals while giving foreign investors a robust return.
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The Time Bomb Inside Public Pension Plans
There is a $4.4 Trillion shortfall hiding in plain sight inside public pension plans. Are we doomed to have it create a major financial crisis?
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Violating the ‘Law of One Price’ in the Financial Crisis
During the financial crisis, the price gap between Treasury bonds and notes became unusually large. Wharton finance professors David Musto and Krista Schwarz explain why.
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‘Land of the Fee’: How Hidden Costs Hurt Consumers
Americans are paying more than ever in fees, which are tacked on to the price of everything from utility bills to concert tickets. These fees are quietly draining the wallets of middle-class Americans, author Devin Fergus argues.
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Nation-States Are Failing…Will a New, Feudal Order Replace Them?
The nation-state is broken but how should it evolve? The best new arrangement would be a combination of stronger global and local rule, notes this opinion piece.
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Can China Recharge Its Population Growth?
It will take more than policy changes and government persuasion to reverse the mindsets of one-child families built over nearly four decades, experts say.
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Where Immigrants Go, Economic Growth Follows
New Wharton research suggests the heated immigration debate often overlooks the effect immigrants have on capital investment, innovation and firm operations.
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How Dangerous Is the Corporate Debt Bubble?
As the 10th anniversary of the Great Recession of 2008 draws nearer, some experts are beginning to worry that a looming bubble in corporate debt poses a great risk.
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How Can Turkey Overcome Its Economic Troubles?
President Erdogan must forsake populist policies and accept outside help to readjust the economy, even if this is politically unpalatable, Wharton experts say.
