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E-commerce, Blue Butterflies and the Face of Creative Entrepreneurship

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Three years ago, at the age of 13, Rhea Rijhwani looked for a place to sell her hand-crafted heat-transfer vinyl stencils, and she found it on Etsy. The e-commerce marketplace supports sellers who want to open online shops, providing both a platform and marketing (and trend-spotting insights in its seller…Read More

AI and You: Learn to Be the Human in the Loop

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When considering the evolving human-artificial intelligence (AI) relationship, which conjunction best captures the essence of this connection? Humans AND AI or Humans OR AI? This seems to be on lots of people’s minds as generative AI apps like ChatGPT, Bard, Dall-E2 and others become more sophisticated in generating content and…Read More

Business, Plastic Pollution and the Circular Economy

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When the Wharton Global Youth editorial team brainstorms ideas for the business journal articles that we write for high school students, we consider a few sources – emerging themes and issues in the business world, the latest research and analysis from the Wharton School community, and, of course, you. We…Read More

Shining a Light on Health and Fitness in the South Side of Chicago

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It does our Global Youth heart good when high school students find inspiration from our Future of the Business World podcast episodes. It was in a June 2023 comment on a past podcast transcript that we first discovered this month's guest, Carter Chang. He wrote: "Alana, you emphasized and credited…Read More

Social Entrepreneurs Tackle Climate Change and the Future of Food

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Climate Week at Penn invites students to find their place in the climate movement, a global social movement encouraging people to take actions that address the causes and impacts of climate change. A panel discussion hosted by the Wharton School’s Venture Lab, a hub for entrepreneurship at the University of…Read More

A First Visit to the Wharton School: ‘Put Their Feet Where You Want Them to Go’

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Who doesn’t look forward to the excitement of a field trip — stepping away from the day-to-day school environment to explore someplace new? Nearly 150 students and a handful of teachers from eight public high schools in New York City experienced that feeling on Friday, November, 3, 2023, as they…Read More

Lessons in Globalization and International Trade

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Economists and policymakers, both aspiring and practicing, are in a particularly busy time of analyzing and understanding markets and what moves them. The economic headlines have been broadcasting news of persistent inflation and tighter monetary policy in the U.S., the European Union and elsewhere, prompting many of us to join…Read More

TikTok Stocks: Help Debunk Investing Myths for Your Students

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Essential Educator, a blog written (or, in this case, informed) by high school educators, for high school educators. It shares best practices for supporting and engaging students through business education. Here, we share insights from one of Wharton Global Youth’s own Educator Advisory Board…Read More

A Tech Startup that Uses Your Eyes as a Window into Your Mind

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As more than 4,000 registered teams of high school students prepare their midterm reports and begin placing trades on the stock market simulator in our 2023-2024 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition, many have their eyes on the prize – being named global champions during our competition Grand Finale in…Read More

Inside the Macroeconomic Mindset

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It’s time to look at the big picture. Macroeconomics focuses on the movements and trends in the national and global economies, and deals with the performance, structure and behavior of economies. Indicators that are used in interpreting trends in global economies include inflation, price levels, gross domestic product (GDP) and…Read More

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