Faculty Viewpoints

The scale of cuts to the federal healthcare workforce is now coming into focus. Dr. Howard Forman explains the potential life-and-death consequences of cuts to key programs and the departure of longtime leaders. ‌

Yale SOM’s Stefano Giglio, an expert on climate finance, explains what green investing can and can’t do to help speed the transition to a post-carbon economy.

Amid warming relations with Washington, Vladimir Putin is floating new opportunities for Western companies in Russia. But Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian write that business leaders are reluctant to reengage in a dangerous setting and a faltering economy.

Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes that rather than zeroing in on waste and bureaucracy, the Department of Government Efficiency is driving out thousands of critical workers.

Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-authors Stephen Henriques and Steven Tian write that while there are legitimate reasons for some tariffs, the president’s arbitrary approach is worrying allies and unsettling markets.

Leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian look across history for examples of pitfalls that could lie ahead for Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

Congressional Republicans are looking to make deep budget cuts, and Medicaid spending is a target. Yale SOM’s Dr. Howard Forman says that large-scale reductions in the program would hit the poorest states and the most vulnerable Americans especially hard. ‌‌

Investors are undervaluing promising drug candidates on the horizon for the two pharma giants, write Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian.

According to Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian, the college and university presidents who attended the Yale Higher Education Leadership Summit on January 28 are ready to fight back against attacks and make the case that American higher education is an “irreplaceable beacon of light and truth.”

Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that Connecticut should begin by applying its existing consumer protection, civil rights, and data protection laws to artificial intelligence, rather than scrambling to create new laws that could hamper innovation in the state.