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In the latest in a series of studies devising solutions to seasonal poverty, Mushfiq Mobarak provided small loans to Nepali families in which one member migrated for work during the lean season.

This week, bond yields rose above 5.6% for the first time since 2002. We asked Professor William English, a former Federal Reserve economist, what’s driving the increase and what it means for the Fed, the federal budget, and the broader economy.

In a new study, Professor Edieal Pinker argues that the Times’ coverage created a narrative in which Israel was the primary actor and Hamas’s continuing role in the conflict received relatively little attention.

Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, computer scientist and entrepreneur David Siegel, and co-author Stephen Henriques write that corporate adoption of AI is already years behind the technological frontier, so giving AI developers more time to make advanced systems safer and more trustworthy would do little to impede economic growth—and could make companies more confident about deploying them.

Adam Blumenthal ’89, the founder of Blue Wolf Capital, has worked productively with unions to grow the value companies provide to shareholders and employees alike.

Confidence in the economic system is declining amid a growing view of corporate success as a zero-sum game. Yale SOM’s Ravi Dhar and Jon Iwata argue that investments in employees, customer experience, and community trust strengthen a company’s ability to deliver long-term returns to shareholders.

A study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Minjae Kim finds that departments that published traffic-stop data initially reduced stops in Black neighborhoods—but soon exceeded previous levels.

Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, computer scientist and entrepreneur David Siegel, and co-author Stephen Henriques argue that the growing backlash against data centers should lead to stronger protections and enforceable community benefits—not an end to the AI infrastructure boom.