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Penn’s Danielle S. Bassett 32 the youngest of this year’s MacArthur fellows talks about her research in understanding how the human brain functions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the death of chairman Emilio Botin the next generation of Banco Santander leadership -- including Botin’s daughter Ana Patricia -- faces the challenge of adapting the bank’s model to a rapidly changing economy and customer base. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Firms are increasingly handing out performance-based bonuses instead of pay raises — and it’s an indicator that employers not employees hold all the cards in the job market. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The book ’A New Era in Banking: The Landscape After the Battle’ examines the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for the banking industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A sustainable long-term health care infrastructure is required to deal with outbreaks like the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa says Wharton’s Ezekiel J. Emanuel. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Battery technology is waking up to the increasing demands of smartphone and tablet users — but can the innovation pipeline keep pace? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mallika Dutt founder of human rights group Breakthrough discusses how she’s using the arts and multimedia to transform the social and cultural norms that promote violence against women. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kraft Foods’ vice president Barry Calpino discusses how the company reinvigorated aging brands and introduced some category-busting new ones -- and why the firm can’t afford to rest on its laurels. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has raised millions of dollars toward fighting the disease and spawned millions of videos and shares on social media. Wharton’s Jonah Berger discusses why the campaign went viral. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The book Innovating Women: The Changing Face of Technology attempts to address the barriers women face in the tech field by sharing their personal and professional stories. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Big data and predictive analytics have become fashionable today. But the fact that big data is so big means you must be clear about what you want. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A new book by Wharton’s Richard Marston dispels some common beliefs about what Americans need to save for retirement. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A recent survey from the Federal Reserve shows that a third of American households believe they are financially worse off than they were five years ago. Mark Zandi chief economist at Moody’s Analytics spoke with Knowledge at Wharton about what’s hampering economic recovery. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

U.S. military involvement in Iraq raises big questions about the costs and impact on the nation’s economy say Wharton finance professor Bulent Gultekin and Boston University professor of political science Neta Crawford. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Following Gannett’s move to split its broadcast and publishing units Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim spoke with Knowledge at Wharton about how the newspaper industry can find ways to grow along with digital media. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When forced to choose between abstract evidence and experience many physicians tend to rely on experience. This keeps health care costs high write consultants Ngan MacDonald and Walter Linde-Zwirble in this opinion piece. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Zillow-Trulia merger might mark the advent of the next wave in how people buy and sell homes in the U.S. experts say. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Conflicting U.S. appeals court rulings could curb participation in Affordable Care Act programs for up to two years by adding high levels of uncertainty says Wharton’s Scott Harrington. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Led by IT and R&D many changes are taking place in the air travel industry says NIIT Technologies’ Lalit Dhingra. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New Wharton research examines the impact that massive open online courses (MOOCs) will have on business schools and MBA programs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.