I’m less impressed w/WPER. For one thing, none of the articles is bylined; these youngsters are learning to duck accountability pretty early, I think. For another, there were no tough questions asked of Carlyle’s David Rubinstein in the Q&A w/him. I don’t know the role of the WPER editorial board (four of whose five members are Wharton grads), but maybe they should consider providing some adult supervision. There was no introductory overview of the issue by its editors. All in all, the publication strikes me as one gigantic job-getting pander on the part of those MBA students whose names are on the masthead. WPER is a pretty underwhelming exhibition that seems likely to take down Wharton MBAs’ public image a notch or two in all eyes but their own.

Sorry to be the skunk at the garden party.