# Peanut Butter Raises and the Pay Equity Debate Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702/peanut-butter-raises-and-the-pay-equity-debate Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702/peanut-butter-raises-and-the-pay-equity-debate.md Podcast: [This Week in Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702) Published: 2026-06-19T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/this-week-in-business/peanut-butter-raises-and-the-pay-equity-debate/ Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ab54c70bb6ddf45527e06b1/e/6a3492d14a8189f2c37fe11e/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-business-428702/episodes/peanut-butter-raises-and-the-pay-equity-debate Duration seconds: 608 ## Resource Peter Cappelli, Professor of Management at the Wharton School, examines the resurgence of "peanut butter" raises, exploring how companies distribute limited pay increases, the impact of inflation on employee compensation, and the tradeoffs between rewarding top performers and maintaining workforce morale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-business-428702/episodes/peanut-butter-raises-and-the-pay-equity-debate/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702/peanut-butter-raises-and-the-pay-equity-debate.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.