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Cleaning Up Contaminated Land Unlocks Local Economic Growth
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Cameron LaPoint finds that remediating contaminated “brownfields” creates jobs, encourages entrepreneurship, and increases home values in the surrounding community.
What Finance Can Tell Us About the ‘Twin Crises’ of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss
Yale SOM’s Stefano Giglio explains how the two environmental threats can amplify each other—and why understanding those interactions matters for the economy.
AI Evaluations Look Unbiased Without Being Fair
New research by Prof. Tristan Botelho and PhD student Qingyang Wang finds that LLMs avoid overt discrimination when evaluating candidates but still rely on racial and gender cues.
A Low-Tech Intervention Can Help Migrant Families Survive the ‘Lean Season’
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.
Why Are Bond Yields Soaring?
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.
How the New York Times’ Framing Shaped the Story of the Israel-Hamas War
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.
Will AI Eliminate Jobs or Create New Ones? Probably Both.
When AI tools allow a task to be automated, found Yale SOM’s Menaka Hampole and her co-authors, it fades from job descriptions. But that often frees workers to focus elsewhere, while helping firms become more productive and expand their workforces.
Slowing Frontier AI Won’t Hold Back the AI Economy
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.
The Little Decisions that Make Big School Districts Work
Nicole Milberg ’07, a former district leader for Chicago Public Schools, reflects on the business frameworks that principals need and the unique challenges of leading students, families, and teachers at the same time.
Taking a Principled Approach to Private Equity through Relationships with Organized Labor
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.
