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  • A Cheap Way to Change Lives‌‌

    Yale SOM’s Dr. Howard Forman explains how the state of Connecticut is buying back the medical debt of thousands of low-income residents at cents on the dollar.

    A hospital bill
  • Making Impact Investing Work for System Resilience—and Investor Profits‌

    To confront interconnected environmental and social crises, impact investors will need to factor resilience-building into their expected returns, especially in the most vulnerable parts of the world.

    Kisenyi Bus Terminal in Kampala, Uganda
  • What Will the Return of Trump Mean for Connecticut’s Economy?

    Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian write that the president-elect’s policies could have disruptive effects on some of the state’s most important industries, for better and for worse.

    The General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut. 
  • Our Most-Read Stories of 2024

    This year, faculty and alumni experts helped us understand issues including the expanding role of AI in our society, the new space economy, the impact of gender in the workplace, the keys to financing a greener economy, and the psychological quirks that lead us toward irrational economic choices.

    A collage of artwork from multiple articles
  • Who Is Responsible When AI Breaks the Law?‌‌

    Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and Miriam Vogel, president and CEO of EqualAI, survey how AI both fits in and breaks existing legal frameworks. They argue that leaders need to be ready for the opportunities created by the novel technology and for potential legal pitfalls.‌‌

    A robot being questioned in a courtroom
  • A Very Un-American Response to the Murder of Brian Thompson

    Disturbingly, a vocal fringe has cheered the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, write Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian, but most Americans admire business leaders and see them as a stabilizing force.

    Police at the site of the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on December 04, 2024.
  • Investors Care About ESG-Related News—When It Impacts Returns‌

    A new paper co-authored by Professor Edward Watts examines how retail investors weigh news about a public company’s environmental, social, and governance activity.

    A carbon removal plant in Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Is the Affordable Care Act on Life Support? ‌

    We talked to Yale SOM’s Dr. Howard Forman about what the ACA has achieved and what aspects of the law could be weakened under a Republican administration.‌

    President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act in the East Room of the White House on March 23, 2010. 
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Unpredictable in Trump’s Cabinet

    Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephan Henriques write that some of the picks are reassuring, some seem designed to sow chaos, and some are wild cards, with the potential to tip the balance in either direction.

    The cabinet room at the White House, from behind the president's chair
  • Settling the Debate on Whether Green Investing Pays ‌‌

    In a new study, Yale SOM’s Theis Jensen and his co-authors find that the return from green investments relative to brown ones is slightly negative—which is actually good news for the planet.

    A scale weighing climate-friendly investments against polluting ones