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  • What’s Behind a Rise in Ethnic Nationalism? Maybe the Economy

    Yale’s Robert J. Shiller considers how slow wage growth and economic inequality may provide the fuel for the rise in ethnic nationalism across many countries.

  • What Makes Alibaba Grow?

    Alibaba’s vice chairman on the financial mindset and internal culture that have propelled the company’s extraordinary growth.

  • Does Taking Photos Make Experiences More Enjoyable?

    With the rise of the smartphone, the use of digital photography has exploded—and with it concerns that we are paying more attention to documenting our lives than living them.

    A crowd of concert-goers in front of a stage
  • Is Obamacare in Trouble?

    Three major insurers have pulled out of the Affordable Care Act's healthcare exchanges, prompting concerns about the exchanges’ long-term sustainability. Yale’s Fiona Scott Morton and Howard Forman discuss the state of Obamacare and what it needs to thrive.

    Is Obamacare in Trouble?
  • What Happens When the Same Investors Own Everything?

    Diversification means that in many industries, companies are owned by an overlapping set of investors, reducing their incentive to compete.

    Illustration of cow carved up for butchering but with Investment Bank names describing pieces
  • Can We Create Affordable Housing in the World’s Fastest-Growing Cities?

    Ira Peppercorn ’85 says that creating affordable housing in the world’s fastest-growing cities requires accurate data and an incremental approach.

    Housing built along the riverbanks in Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • How Wells Fargo's CEO Could Have Avoided His Senate Belly Flop

    The recent performance by Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf before the Senate Banking Committee has been widely panned. Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld explains how CEOs can do better when faced with a crisis.

  • Is Government the Key to Prosperity?

    Yale’s Jacob Hacker argues that society needs both healthy markets and effective government.

  • How Do You Create the Space for Creativity?

    Amy Whitaker ’01 on how organizations and individuals can maximize creativity while controlling risk.

  • How Should We Think about the Debt?

    David Wessel talks about the complex task of helping policymakers and the public to take a balanced, long-term view of spending and the deficit.