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  • Big Companies Are Not the Inflation Villain

    Blaming corporate greed for rising prices is not a winning argument, write Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, economist and former presidential advisor Laura Tyson, and co-author Stephen Henriques.

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  • Recovering from Regime Change after the Monsoon Revolution

    Student protestors ousted Bangladesh’s authoritarian prime minister earlier this summer. At a Yale SOM conference, academics, policy experts, and businesspeople discussed how the country can build a more just and equitable economy.

    Anti-government protesters in Dhaka on August 5, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned from office.  
  • Why Polio Is Making a Comeback

    In the last two years, vaccine-derived polio has been spotted in the United States and Gaza. Now the original wild-type polio is spreading in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Dr. Howard Forman explains that politics are hampering efforts to control the outbreak.

    Howard Forman
  • CEOs Are More Optimistic about the Economy Than the Rest of Us, and They’re Probably Right

    At Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld’s Yale CEO Caucus last week, the vast majority of the business leaders in attendance said they expect a soft landing. Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian write that the economic indicators back up the CEOs.

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  • Do Nudges Help Americans Save for Retirement? Not as Much as We Thought.

    Two decades ago, Prof. James Choi’s research suggested that automatic enrollment and escalation and could have a sizeable impact on savings. Now he and his co-authors have looked at these programs again and found that under real-world conditions, the effect on savings is much smaller than expected.

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  • The Avian Flu Outbreak Remains a Concern—And We Still Aren’t Ready to Respond

    Thus far, the outbreak is growing slowly, says Yale SOM’s Dr. Howard Forman. But a lack of coordination and testing continues to hobble the U.S. response.

    Howard Forman
  • When Do Ads Become Too Deceptive?

    Yale SOM’s Deborah Small and her co-authors examine how people judge the ethical acceptability of ads for charities, and find that they are much more bothered by artificiality than objectification or exaggeration—a finding with implications for advertisers of all kinds.

    An illustration of a camera crew shooting an ad with a cardboard cutout
  • The IMF Is Returning to Russia. No One Should Be Surprised.

    The International Monetary Fund’s decision to send a delegation to Russia is only the latest pro-authoritarian move from the organization under the leadership of Kristalina Georgieva, according to Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, co-author Steven Tian, and Tymofiy Mylovanov and Nataliia Shapoval of the Kyiv School of Economics.

    Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at a press briefing at IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C., in April 2024. 
  • Is the Era of Shareholder Primacy Over?

    Five years ago, the Business Roundtable released a revised statement of purpose asserting companies exist to create value for all stakeholders, reversing a longstanding focus on maximizing shareholder value. The move got a lot of attention. Did it make a difference?

    AT&T’s annual shareholder meeting at the Anaheim Convention Center in 1975.
  • Talking about Child Sexual Abuse Can Help End Child Sexual Abuse

    Child sexual abuse is preventable, according to Joan Tabachnick ’86, if families and communities actively engage in uncomfortable conversations.

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