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Professor Arun Sundararajan discusses the future of employment and benefits, from his book, "The Sharing Economy"

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "Full-time employment, in other words, means something a lot better than could have been the case, Sundararajan argues. And it’ll take us time to figure out how to do the same for work in the new crowd-based capitalism. 'When we transition to the individual-is-an-owner model,' he adds, 'you’re starting at a better place fundamentally.'"
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Professor Scott Galloway discusses the future of driverless cars in the wake of a fatal crash involving a Tesla on autopilot

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Excerpt from the Los Angeles Times -- "'Unless statistics show this is not only as dangerous but more dangerous than traditional modes of driving, I don’t think you’re going to see a slowdown' in using the technology, [Galloway] said."
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Professor Kim Schoenholtz discusses big banks' capital distribution plans

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "'The system would be safer if the disbursement of capital remains limited,' said Kim Schoenholtz, professor of management practice in the New York University economics department. 'The level of capital requirements is too low.'"
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Professor Thomaï Serdari comments on British footwear retailer John Lobb's film series

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Excerpt from Luxury Daily -- "'John Lobb is a brand whose DNA relies on the one-on-one relationship between the craftsman and the customer,' Ms. Serdari said. 'It is the tacit knowledge John Lobb’s craftsmen have about the brand’s customers from doing bespoke order after bespoke order that gives them that extra confidence in manipulating the materials.'"
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Professor Robert Engle discusses banks' stress test results

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "The fact that pretty much the banks are getting a clean bill of health, seems to me slightly overoptimistic, in the sense that we can see that the bank capital ratios have improved over the last several years. But I don't think that they're kind of where they ought to be. So I think there's still work to be done."
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Professor Robert Salomon explains why he doesn't believe the English language will be eliminated from the European Union in the wake of Brexit

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Excerpt from Marketplace -- "'One thing is theory, the other is practice,' he said. 'Although in theory English might leave as an official language of the EU, in practice most diplomats, most politicians will continue to use English to communicate amongst themselves.'"
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Research Scholar Shlomo Angel's research on urban expansion in African and Chinese cities is cited

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Excerpt from The Economist -- "Shlomo Angel of New York University has studied seven African cities in detail: Accra, Addis Ababa, Arusha, Ibadan, Johannesburg, Lagos and Luanda. He calculates that only 16% of the land in new residential areas developed since 1990 has been set aside for roads—about half as much as planners think necessary. And 44% of those roads are less than four metres wide."
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Professor Nouriel Roubini predicts ongoing global volatility in the wake of Brexit

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "I think this is an episode of volatility. How much is it going to last? The previous two lasted about two months. In this case, I think the uncertainty is going to be much longer. The UK will have to decide whether to invoke Article 50 and when, when the negotiations will start towards a divorce."
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Professor Viral Acharya discusses Raghuram Rajan's plan to rescue the Reserve Bank of India

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "'At a minimum, it looks opaque and devious,' said Viral Acharya, a professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'Setting a precedent to compromise central bank risk management for public-sector bank recapitalization could lead to repeat and more devious interventions that over time could be perceived as an attack on central bank independence.'"
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Professor Lawrence White discusses the US-China trade deficit during President Obama's first term

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Excerpt from PolitiFact -- "'This economic expansion would be expected to expand imports more than exports would expand, and thus the trade deficit would be expected to widen, holding other things constant,' Lawrence J. White, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business."
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Professor John Horton discusses Upwork, a popular freelancing website

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Excerpt from MarketWatch -- "'Upwork offers a remarkably detailed look at what skills professionals are providing and what skills are being sought-after, and the data also has tremendous breadth -- ranging from software development to technical writing to increasingly high-end skills like legal and business consulting,' said New York University professor John Horton."
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Professor Baruch Lev's book, "The End of Accounting," is highlighted

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "In the just-published book The End of Accounting (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), authors Baruch Lev and Feng Gu report that in corporations’ quarterly 'earnings' calls, almost none of the questions from analysts involve reported earnings. For example, the transcript of a Netflix conference call showed analysts asking about such matters as the progress of negotiations with content providers and subscriber additions and cancellations."
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Professor David Yermack illustrates the impact of Brexit on bitcoin

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Excerpt from Politico -- "The virtual currency, which is still quite unstable due to its relatively low supply, has been leveraged by some as a 'store of value' during times of crisis like Brexit and the Greek debt negotiation, NYU finance professor David Yermack told MT."
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Professor Vicki Morwitz's comments at the 38th INFORMS Society for Marketing Science Conference in Shanghai are highlighted

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Excerpt from Shanghai Daily -- "'Firms need to have very active customer service, and departments need to be very engaged with social media,' Morwitz argued."
 
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Professor Nicholas Economides reacts to Brexit

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Excerpt from CNN -- "It's completely clear that [the referendum] should have never been called, and Mr. Cameron, the Prime Minister, is hugely responsible for this. It was pushed by opposition parties, but he didn't have to do it and he shouldn't have done it."
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Professor Thomas Philippon's research on the financial services industry is spotlighted

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "There is no more devastating verdict on the performance of the finance industry than the one that emerges from research by Thomas Philippon, professor of finance at New York University. Using data going back to the late 19th century, he found that the US financial sector generated no increase in productivity at all over 130 years."
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Professor Jonathan Haidt discusses his research on the psychology of authoritarianism an anti-immigration sentiment

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "As Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist and professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, put it: 'It’s as though a button is pushed on their forehead that says, "In case of moral threat, lock down the borders, kick out those who are different and punish those who are morally deviant."'"
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Professor Gian Luca Clementi explains why he does not believe Greece will leave the European Union

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Excerpt from NY1 -- "Gian Luca Clementi, an associate professor of economics at New York University, says he doesn't think Greece will leave the European Union. Instead, he believes creditors will reach an agreement with Greece that eases anger inside the country toward the E.U. 'I think what has to happen with Greece [is that] a good chunk of the loans are forgiven,' Clementi said. 'Their debt is several times more than their GDP.'"
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Professor Robert Salomon discusses the potential implications of "Brexit"

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "'The E.U. project was formed as a direct result of the end of WWII in order to foster closer economic, political, and social ties between European countries with the hope of averting another grand war on the continent,' he says. While the E.U. certainly has what he calls 'deep flaws,' Salomon says that 'rather than use this moment in history to fix the E.U. and solidify its foundation, my fear is that other E.U. countries will use this as justification for bailing on the whole thing.'"
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Professor Petra Moser's research on the impact of patent laws is highlighted

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Excerpt from Times of India -- "'Overall, the weight of the existing historical evidence suggests that patent policies which grant strong intellectual property rights to early generation of inventors may discourage innovation. On the contrary, policies that encourage the diffusion of ideas and modify patent laws to facilitate entry and encourage competition may be an effective mechanism to encourage innovation,' Moser concluded."
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Professor Justin Kruger's joint research on self-perception is featured

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Excerpt from the Harvard Business Review -- "On average, those who underrated their skills were above average in their overall coaching effectiveness (reaching the 57th percentile). Those who had overrated themselves, however, were significantly below average, reaching only the 32nd percentile. ... incompetent people fail to recognize their own deficiencies and don’t recognize the skill in others. The lower an individual is on any scale of measurement, the more out-of-touch they tend to become."
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Professor Kim Schoenholtz comments on increasingly difficult stress tests for banks

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "'The Fed continues to tighten the stress-testing regime,' says Kim Schoenholtz, a professor at NYU Stern School of Business in New York. 'I see no reason for them to stop and I don’t expect them to.'"
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Professors Scott Galloway and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh weigh in on Donald Trump's real estate dealings

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Excerpt from Yahoo Finance -- "'Owning a hotel is a terrible business,' says Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'Licensing your name and taking a portion of the proceeds is a great business.' ... 'What really jumps out at me is how asymmetric the [Trump Tower Tampa] contract is,” says Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, director of the Center for Real Estate Finance Research at the Stern School. 'Trump has very little contractual obligation and a lot of rights.'"
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In an op-ed, Research Scholar Sarah Labowitz shares takeaways from the International Labor Association's conference

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Excerpt from the Thomson Reuters Foundation -- "At the end of the day, the question for governments, workers, and employers should be how to ensure that employment in the many facets of global supply chains represents decent work with dignity. New approaches are clearly in order. What shape these solutions take is the thing to watch in the coming decade."
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Professor Joseph Foudy discusses how Singapore welcoming foreign investments led to its prosperity

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Excerpt from Nikkei Asia -- "'They just welcomed all forms of investment at a high and a low level,' Foudy said of the country. 'Basically it serves as a headquarters for multinationals, servicing much of Asia. It combines stability with a Western legal system and property rights. It has a challenge of rising inequality, but it also is a country that essentially has no capital gains tax or inheritance tax as well. So it's become sort of a magnet for the wealthy and the people trying to find safety and security.'"