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  • Top Insights of 2018

    In 2018, our most-viewed articles included faculty research on contentious issues like immigration and racism, management insights inspired by the Olympics and the World Cup, and a commentary from a new series on the values that guide our alumni.

    A collage of Insights artwork
  • Research-Based Tips for a Better New Year

    What does the data say about making the most of 2019? We asked Yale SOM faculty to share self-improvement tips based on their research.

    Wellness tips on stickies
  • How Can You Make Incentives More Effective? Make Them Opaque. 

    A study from Yale SOM’s Florian Ederer suggests that when individuals or organizations don’t fully understand how they’re being ranked, they’re likely to work harder for higher ratings.

    An illustration of a "black box" incentive system
  • Why Hidden Populations Are So Hard to Count

    Yale researchers Edward Kaplan and Jonathan Feinstein explain how widely accepted estimates have greatly undercounted the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States.

    A map of the United States illustrating inflows and outflows of people.
  • Tesla’s Enfant Terrible Needs to Grow Up

    CEO Elon Musk is clinging to his image as an irreverent, self-promoting disrupter, when the company needs him to demonstrate stability and reliability.

    Elon Musk arrives at a SpaceX event in September 2018. Photo: DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images.
  • The Housing Boom Is Already Gigantic. How Long Can It Last?

    The best explanation for why prices go up, Yale's Robert Shiller writes, may be that we expect them to—until we don’t.

    A housing development in San Jose, California, one of the fastest-growing housing markets in the United States.
  • Janet Yellen Worries the Fed May Not Have the Tools to Fight the Next Downturn

    The former Federal Reserve chair discusses what the Fed can do to help stabilize the economy and get it turned around when rate cuts aren’t enough.

    Janet Yellen, then chair of the Federal Reserve, on television monitors at the New York Stock Exchange in June 2014. Photo: Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
  • Three Questions: Prof. Stephen Roach on Who Wins in the U.S.-China Trade War

    Yale’s Stephen Roach argues that the two countries are actually in a “codependent” relationship—meaning each needs the other to offset imbalances in their system.

    The Chinese and American flags
  • The Roots of Economic Inequality

    A new study co-authored by Yale SOM's Michael Kraus shows that deeply ingrained social behaviors play a role in perpetuating economic inequality.

    Workers and customers in a nail salon
  • Can You Trust Bad Online Ratings?

    A poorly rated item with few reviews is likely scored lower than it deserves to be, according to research by Yale SOM’s Balázs Kovács and his co-authors.

    Collage of online ratings