‘Massive’ Middle Class Tax Relief Is Just Around the Corner! Really?

A detailed look at who benefits most from the tax plans offered by President Trump and House Republicans, and what impact they would have on national debt.

Why We Need True Tax Reform

Our tax code is unnecessarily complex and a waste of national productivity. Surely, there must be a better way for our government to collect taxes.

Job-Stealing Robots? Millennials See Hope, Fear in Automation

Will a robot one day take your job? A more likely scenario is that the future of work means cooperation between humans and the robots.

Why the Government Mandate is Essential for Health Insurance Markets

Eliminating the Affordable Care Act’s mandate requiring everyone to have health insurance would undermine the concept of risk pooling necessary to make any market-based system work.

What You Need to Know About the Physical Internet

The Physical Internet is based on applying the technologies and methodologies of the digital internet to the physical world.

E-Commerce Raises Stakes for Supply Chain

The e-commerce explosion over the past two decades has made supply chain and logistics management more important than ever—for consumers as well as companies.

Should Workers Have the ‘Right to Disconnect?’

After-hours emails from employers are causing emotional exhaustion and anticipatory stress among workers, leading some to call for a “right to disconnect.”

Why ilLUminate? A Message from the Dean

A message from Dean Georgette C. Phillips on Lehigh Business Thought Leadership.

Do Tax Cuts Spur Economic Growth? Be Skeptical

Looking at the facts over more than six decades, the argument that cutting tax rates spurs economic growth seems more like magical thinking than sound economics.

The New Energy Economy - and The Battery Decades

For at least the next two decades, the heavy lifting of transforming the world economy to a greener state will rest on the back of batteries.