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For Motivation, Dieters Look to the ‘Biggest Loser’
When you’re trying to lose weight, boost your grades, or improve your golf game, is comparing yourself to a top performer discouraging or motivating?
SEC Settlement Won’t Fix Tesla
Tesla may have reached a settlement with the SEC, Yale SOM's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes, but the company's board still needs to address the problems created by its brilliant, self-destructive CEO.
Yale Study Finds Twice as Many Undocumented Immigrants as Previous Estimates
New research suggests that the population of undocumented immigrants in the United States may be 22 million, nearly twice what has been believed.
Does Performance-Based Pay Improve Teaching?
Yale SOM economist Barbara Biasi studied what actually happened when some school districts in Wisconsin started paying partly based on effectiveness.
At CBS, Less of Les Is More
Whoever replaces Les Moonves at CBS must look beyond picking hits, writes Yale SOM's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.
Can Trusted Brands Beat ‘Fake News’?
Time Inc.’s chief content officer sees “fake news” as an opportunity for trusted brands in journalism to re-emerge—if they can find a business model.
Is There Reason for Optimism on Climate Change?
Yale’s Dan Esty points to hopeful signs of progress on a bottom-up response to climate change in the wake of the Paris Agreement.
Three Questions: Prof. Barbara Biasi on Teacher Pay
We asked Barbara Biasi, a labor economist with a focus on education, about this year’s teachers' strikes and the wider implications of how we compensate teachers.
Can Organized Labor Come Back?
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, sees collectivism as a force that can transform a broken system and bring about a fair and equitable future.
How Do Local Events Affect the National Economy?
A new study found that local disruptions, whether hurricanes or economic booms, affect the national economy differently depending partly on how much an area’s industries are connected to other sectors and regions.
