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Professor Eduardo Dávila weighs in on Senator Bernie Sanders' proposed financial transaction tax

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Eduardo Dávila, an assistant professor of finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business who has studied these taxes, issued an additional important reminder: All too often, these discussions forget about the good that the new tax revenue could do. In this instance, Senator Sanders wants to use it for free public college education."
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MBA student Vishal Thummalapally offers tips for job and internship seekers

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Excerpt from TechDay -- "Figure out exactly what you want to do, and relentlessly go after it. Some folks might be disciplined and hardworking enough to recruit for more than one industry, but I believe you're a lot more likely to land your target job if you focus."
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Professor Arun Sundararajan explains why widespread customer support is Uber's most powerful weapon

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "Eventually, Uber's most powerful weapon in these battles that they fight in different cities is to sort of amass sufficient consumer support after they sort of establish that they are in fact like, you know, a good service in a particular city. So it's not surprising to me that like, you know, they've taken the approach of, sort of grassroots rather than high powered lobbyist."
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In an op-ed, Professor Nouriel Roubini outlines the global economic impact of political instability in the Middle East

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Excerpt from Project Syndicate -- "First, some of these conflicts may yet lead to an actual supply disruption, as in 1973, 1979, and 1990. Second, civil wars that turn millions of people into refugees will destabilize Europe economically and socially, which is bound to hit the global economy hard. And the economies and societies of frontline states like Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey, already under severe stress from absorbing millions of such refugees, face even greater risks."
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Professor Scott Galloway discussses Amazon's decision to stop selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "'Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple are all bumping up against each other as their businesses are becoming more and more similar,' said Scott Galloway, a professor who teaches marketing and branding at New York University's Stern School of Business. He noted that Amazon's move is not the first barb these firms have thrown at each other; Apple's move to block ads on its phones, for example, was seen as a way to undercut Google's advertising business."
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In a co-authored op-ed, Professor Kim Schoenholtz argues that Bitcoin is unlikely to replace traditional payment systems

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "Bitcoin has prompted many people to expect a revolution in the means by which we make and settle everyday payments. Our view is that Bitcoin and other 'virtual currency schemes' (VCS) lack critical features of money, so their use is likely to remain very limited."
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Professor Pankaj Ghemawat discusses economic reform in India

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Excerpt from Exame -- "'Modi had a clear path to proceed with his agenda in Parliament,' says Indian economist Pankaj Ghemawat... 'Since President Dilma Rousseff is already in her second term and is currently very unpopular, she is not in a position to push a lot of policy changes.'"
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Professor Thomas Philippon shares his predictions for the future of the Euro

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Excerpt from CCTV -- "I don't think there was ever a Euro crisis in the sense of, the European, like a currency crisis. The Euro as a currency was always very stable. It has never moved very low against the Dollar. And I don't think it's going to, I think it's going to remain more or less where it is. There was a crisis of confidence within Europe about banks and some sovereign countries. But as a currency, I think the Euro has been stable and will remain stable."
Business and Policy Leader Events

"Making Strides: Seven Years After the Global Financial Crisis" with Gordon Brown

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The Right Honourable Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, presented a talk entitled "Making Strides: Seven Years After the Global Financial Crisis" to more than 100 students from NYU’s Stern School of Business, the School of Arts & Sciences, the School of Professional Studies, Wagner School of Public Service and Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development this fall.
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Professors Anindya Ghose and Robert Seamans' research on the connection between broadband access and racial hate crimes is featured

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Excerpt from NDTV -- "'Technologically-driven solutions fall short in addressing an issue that is inherently social in nature,' said one of the researchers Anindya Ghose from New York University Stern School of Business in the US. 'Instead of engaging in a technological rat race with extremists, we should consider incorporating critical literacies - including digital media, anti-racism and social justice - into school curricula as an alternative strategy,' Ghose noted."
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Fireside Chat with Daniel Schwartz, CEO of Restaurant Brands International

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The Leadership Development Initiative welcomed Daniel Schwartz, CEO of Restaurant Brands International, for a fireside chat on September 29 as part of the Leadership Development Speaker Series.
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Professor Robert Lyon offers a behind-the-scenes look into his role as professor of management communication at Stern

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Excerpt from Cliffs Notes -- "As a teacher, my goal is to enable [students] to accomplish great things. Education is such an important tool to solving social problems. That's why I teach."
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Roxanne Hori, Associate Dean of Corporate Relations, Career Services and Leadership Development, notes the impact of digital innovation on career trends in financial services

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "'We’re seeing some companies that were traditionally considered to be in the financial services space — including MasterCard and American Express — expand their recruiting efforts into the digital, product or innovation space,' says Roxanne Hori, associate dean of corporate relations and career services at NYU Stern School of Business."
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In an op-ed, Professor Michael Spence examines the expansion of the sharing economy

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Excerpt from Project Syndicate -- "The truth is that the Internet-led process of exploiting under-utilized resources – be they physical and financial capital or human capital and talent – is both unstoppable and accelerating."
 
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New Research Finds Increased Internet Access Led to a Rise in Racial Hate Crimes in the Early 2000s

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New research from Carlson School of Management Professor Jason Chan and NYU Stern Professors Anindya Ghose and Robert Seamans finds that broadband availability increased the incidence of racial hate crimes committed by lone-wolf perpetrators in the United States during the period 2001-2008.
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Professor Scott Galloway explains the value of Nike's popularity among teenagers

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Excerpt from TIME -- "In a talk earlier this year, Scott Galloway of research firm L2 explained why this is such a big deal for Nike. 'There is a tectonic shift taking place in apparel, the second-largest consumer category in the world. Essentially, people are moving from denim to sweatpants,' he said. 'It sounds minor but it’s a huge trend in a gigantic industry.'"
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Professor Priya Raghubir explains why consumer packaged goods manufacturers change their products' packaging

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "'When a company is trying to reposition itself, for example from being a value brand to a more prestigious brand, this change must also get reflected in its packaging from being more basic to being fancier,' says NYU’s Raghubir. 'A great example is when Tropicana went the other route, of simplifying its package design, and there was a consumer backlash. Consumers do infer quality from the package.'"
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Professor Johannes Stroebel's research on reduced lending costs and their impact on economic stimulus during the Great Recession is featured

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "'It isn’t like there were all these hugely profitable lending opportunities out there in the economy that banks didn’t take advantage of … the statement by banks that the reason they were not lending more is because there were no additional profitable lending opportunities appears to hold true, at least in the credit card market. We can see that in the data.'"
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Dan Schulman, CEO and President of PayPal, Joins MBAs for Langone Speaker Series

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Dan Schulman, CEO and President of PayPal, joined MBA students and alumni for a 2015-2016 Speaker Series event, presented by U.S. Trust.
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Professor Paul Romer comments on Donald Trump's proposal to get rid of carried interest tax loopholes

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "There is an increasing consensus on his specific point about ending the carried interest loophole...[Paul] Romer noted that this mood strikes American politics periodically, as it did under President Ronald Reagan, when Congress passed the Tax Reform Act of 1986. 'It could be that what’s emerging is a consensus from various parts of the political spectrum ... that the complexity and special treatment and special favors have just gotten to be too much,' he said."
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Professor Johannes Stroebel's research on how reducing the cost of lending led to little economic stimulus during the Great Recession is highlighted

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Excerpt from The Economist -- "After credit dried up in America in 2008, the Federal Reserve scrabbled for ways to perk up spending. One trick it tried was to offer banks concessionary funding, hoping they would lend more to consumers and so induce Americans to open their wallets. An NBER working paper published this week by Sumit Agarwal of the National University of Singapore, Souphala Chomsisengphet of the Treasury Department, Neale Mahoney of the University of Chicago and Johannes Stroebel of New York University looks at data from hundreds of millions of credit cards from 2008 to 2014 to work out why the results were so disappointing."
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Professor Kim Schoenholtz's blog post on the pros and cons of eliminating paper currency is highlighted

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "The anonymity of cash helps to free people from their governments and some criminality is a price worth paying for liberty, as professors Stephen Cecchetti and Kermit Schoenholtz observe. It is better if the government creates trusted, anonymous notes and coins rather than some private agent."
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Professor Karen Brenner discusses the Volkswagen scandal and its impact on the company's reputation

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "'This has tarnished a huge, iconic company, so it’s going to be a long and slow process to restore this company,' said Karen Brenner, a business professor who is executive director of law and business initiatives at New York University. 'The damage is only beginning to unfold.'"
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Professor Thomaï Serdari comments on the shift to lead luxury brands into the digital era

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "Professor Thomaï Serdari, strategist in luxury marketing and branding at NYU Stern School of Business, said that there will be both new career and business opportunities as a result of luxury’s digital drive. 'We are experiencing a shift,' she said."
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Professor David Yermack and Assistant Dean Roy Lee are interviewed about Stern's new Executive Education short course on the blockchain and digital currency

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Though much of the hype is centered around bitcoin, Prof Yermack says the blockchain could have huge applications for record-keeping in a range of industries, such as the media or arts as well as manufacturing and finance. 'It looks like the blockchain is a replacement for double entry bookkeeping.'... For Mr Lee, this kind of open enrolment programme is a way of differentiating the school from competing institutions through cutting-edge thinking. 'We think about the alignment of market interest and faculty research. We view our short courses as an innovation lab for the school.'"