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  • Finding Returns with a Demographic Lens on Commercial Real Estate ‌

    Dave Liu ’08, managing director at the investment management firm Harrison Street, says that investing in buildings that meet people’s needs in each phase of life provides resilience during economic downturns.‌

    A black and white photo of steel beams in a building under construction
  • Small Changes, Big Results: Research-Backed Tips for Living a Good Life in 2025‌‌

    We asked Yale SOM faculty for their best tips on living happily, healthily, and productively in the new year.‌

    Ripples on water in the sun
  • How Jimmy Carter Lost His Job and Found His Mission: A Personal Remembrance

    Drawing on a decades-long relationship with Carter, Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld reflects on the vast achievements and sometimes bewildering contradictions in his post-presidency.

    Jimmy Carter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  • 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