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When State Neglect Turns Weather into Revolution
In a new study, Professor Mushfiq Mobarak and co-author Sultan Mehmood analyze newly uncovered satellite imagery of the 1970 Bhola cyclone, and show that the storm affected voting patterns and induced more citizens to take up arms in a guerrilla war that led to the founding of Bangladesh.
How Millions of Simulated Maps Can Help Us Make Electoral Districts That Feel Fair
Part of resolving the political redistricting stalemate, writes Professor Jamie Tucker-Foltz, is creating congressional maps that align with human intuition about fairness.
What Are the Consequences of Resuming Nuclear Testing?
President Donald Trump said recently that he had ordered the return of U.S. nuclear testing, prompting a warning from Russia. We asked Professor Paul Bracken what test explosions could mean.
Renewable Energy Is Easier Than Ever to Build—and Harder to Talk About
Advances in technology and a maturing development ecosystem have made renewable energy more economical, less risky, and increasingly rewarding for landowners, says Reid Buckley ’89, a partner at Orion Renewable Energy Group. But it has also become more politicized.
Are AI Chatbots Changing How We Shop?
What does shopping with an AI assistant change for consumers—and for the sellers and advertisers trying to reach them? We asked Yale SOM economist Jidong Zhou.
How Gambling Is Transforming the Experience of Sports
We asked Professor Nathan Novemsky, who has examined the psychology of gambling in multiple studies, how the ubiquity of betting is changing the way we watch sports.
The China Summit Revealed the Limits of Trump’s Tariff War
Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that a successful campaign to reduce China’s market manipulation would require the kind of collective action that Trump has systematically undermined through his indiscriminate use of tariffs.
Closed Borders Choke America’s Innovation Engine
A growing, dynamic economy desperately needs smooth, legal pathways for highly skilled immigrants, says Doug Rand ’10, co-director of the Talent Mobility Fund.
Are Elon Musk’s Politics Driving Away Tesla’s Customers?
A new Yale working paper sets out to quantify the effect of the controversies over Musk’s transformation of Twitter and his time leading DOGE, and finds that they may have cost Tesla one million sales.
Facing an Uproar, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Showed Why He’s an Effective Leader
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff sparked controversy when he seemed to be inviting President Donald Trump to send National Guard troops to San Francisco during the company’s Dreamforce conference. Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that Benioff demonstrated his usual deftness in defusing the issue and overseeing a successful event.
