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Trump Boasts of Peace Through Strength in the Middle East. Can He Achieve the Same in Ukraine?
Trump emphasized U.S. military and economic strength in his Knesset speech, write Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques. Can he also confront Russia from a position of power?
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that the tangle of AI deals among tech giants could be signs of dangerous overinvestment in the developing technology. They outline three ways the bubble could pop.
Do the New Obesity Drugs Pay for Themselves?
Could expensive drugs like Ozempic save healthcare systems money by reducing the risk of obesity-associated diseases? A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Jason Abaluck suggests that other health expenses may actually increase over the first couple years of treatment.
How Nations Use Economic Power to Shape the World Order
Yale SOM’s Christopher Clayton is helping to pioneer the field of geoeconomics, which explains how countries wield economic weapons to reshape global power dynamics—and what happens when they go too far.
We Don’t Know If Tylenol Can Cause Autism—and That Didn’t Change Last Monday
Dr. Howard Forman responds to the White House press conference drawing a link between the use of acetaminophen by pregnant women and cases of autism.
When Private Practices Merge with Hospital Systems, Costs Go Up
Private practices are vanishing as more doctors join large hospital systems. This increasing consolidation is reducing competition and raising prices, according to a study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Fiona Scott Morton.
Behind Closed Doors, CEOs Say Trump Is Bad for Business
Yale SOM’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute recently gathered dozens of top CEOs for an off-the-record discussion. The consensus, write Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques, was that Trump administration policies are undermining an economic system that took decades to build.
Supply Chains Need to Become More Agile in an Age of Tariffs
The ground rules for global trade have changed dramatically in the last year—and sometimes changed back and changed again—as the U.S. has levied tariffs on rivals and allies alike. Prof. Sang Kim, an expert in supply chains, explains how the shifts in global politics and trade could disrupt the complex systems that get products to your door.
The Corporation Is Centuries Older than We Thought
The genesis of the joint-stock company is usually traced to the founding of the English East India Company and the Dutch East India Company around 1600. New research co-authored by Prof. William Goetzmann says this origin story may be off by centuries.
How Trump Is Making the Fed’s Job Harder
Prof. William English, a former Fed official, says that the Federal Reserve’s mission of balancing inflation and employment has been complicated by a series of wild cards delivered by the administration, including tariffs and an attempt to fire a member of the Board of Governors.
