Lauder Institute News

Thailand is getting squeezed by the ‘middle-income trap.’ Now the government is rolling out big incentives to lure new foreign investment. Will it work?

A new federal climate change report was released last week stating that not only is the threat of global warming real and dangerous, but it’s also man-made. How will it impact the climate change debate?

Does cross-functional collaboration really fuel innovation and creativity, or is it a black hole of unnecessary emails and meetings? Experts discuss how it can be done more effectively.

Two Penn experts discuss what the Republican tax plan would would mean for individual homeowners and for the housing market.

An interview about the art market with dealer Jeffrey Deitch — former director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles — looks the serendipitous and thorny aspects of this unique world.

A spate of insurance IPOs in India has put the sector in the spotlight. Given a more favorable regulatory environment, will foreign investors seek higher stakes?

After consolidating power at China’s recent Party Congress, a key question is whether President Xi Jinping, facing large debts, will follow Deng Xiaoping’s path and open up China’s economy more.

Society risks losing key tools for solving economic and other problems by allowing the humanities — and particularly literature courses — to slip into decline.

Just as electricity transformed the way industries functioned in the past century, artificial intelligence has the power to substantially change society in the next 100 years.

Fresh elections could pave the way to peaceful co-existence for Spain and Catalonia — although the social and economic impact of the standoff will likely continue well into the future.