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  • The Agony and Ecstasy of the Gig Economy

    Should the so-called gig economy be called the roller coaster economy? Yale SOM's Amy Wrzesniewski, an expert in how we experience work, investigated the lives of independent workers and found that they experience dramatic emotional highs and lows.

  • What Does Entrepreneurship Look Like in an African Context? 

    Doing business in a developing country isn’t the same as in an advanced economy. Get creative about data and be resilient, advises Hakeem Belo-Osagie.

  • Can Better Teamwork Save Lives?

    By gathering and analyzing real-time data about how team members interact, researchers investigated whether a care coordinator can improve outcomes—and in the process, learned just how delicate team dynamics can be.

  • Three Questions: Prof. Andrew Metrick on the Stock Market and the Economy

    It’s been a dizzying week on Wall Street. We asked Yale SOM’s Andrew Metrick if the volatile stock market also means trouble for the broader economy.

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  • Do We Need to Think Big about Health and Well-Being?

    In an online conversation, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy ’03, the 19th surgeon general of the United States, discussed improving public health by addressing its lifestyle, environmental, and societal components.

  • Who Will Pay for the Free Press?

    Print isn’t dead yet, but the old model for how to deliver the news might be. Yale Insights talked with New York Times columnist David Leonhardt.

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  • Can a Bus Ticket Prevent Seasonal Hunger?

    Could something as simple as a bus ticket keep hundreds of millions of people from going hungry in the months between planting and harvest?

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  • Can We Secure Online Identities?

    Cybersecurity entrepreneur Sunil Madhu says that using credit history to identify individuals is outmoded and new tools are needed to conduct commerce securely.

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  • What Will It Cost to Rebuild Canada’s Infrastructure?

    Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s first-ever minister of infrastructure and communities, discusses the country’s plan to sharply increase public and private investment in infrastructure.

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  • When Should Organizations Change Their Mix of Products?

    To formulate an optimal product mix, managers need to understand how departmental budgets and information sharing within a company can affect decision making, according to a new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Rick Antle.