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Faculty Viewpoints

  • Big Issues: The Foundations of Public Health

    Yale physician Elijah Paintsil joined the Global Leadership: Big Issues class to describe the history of public health and how it informs current efforts to establish a minimum global standard for healthcare.

    A nurse inoculates babies in Mozambique in 2018. Photo: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images.
  • Asleep at the Wheel

    Tesla's board needs to wake up and take the wheel of the auto manufacturer before it's too late, writes Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

    View of a steering wheel
  • The Roots of America’s Exceptional Inequality

    Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker joined Yale SOM’s Global Leadership: Big Issues course to discuss the tax, policy, and political forces that have disproportionately benefited the richest Americans—and caused many to feel left behind.

    A map of the U.S. showing income by county
  • Is Your CEO a Champion of Values—or a Pretender?

    Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, an expert on leadership, writes that events of the last few years have helped illuminate which top executives have the courage to take a stand based on principle.

    An Olympic podium
  • Business Leaders Must Demand Truth over Tantrums

    Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld argues that business leaders have to speak out about the U.S. government shutdown and create a path out of the political stalemate.

    The Washington Monument seen through bars on a window.
  • Big Issues: It’s Past Time to Decarbonize the Economy

    Professor Douglas Kysar of Yale Law School visited Yale SOM's Global Leadership: Big Issues course to discuss what it will mean to begin grappling with climate change in earnest.

    A wildfire in Malibu, California, in November 2018. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images.
  • Research-Based Tips for a Better New Year

    What does the data say about making the most of 2019? We asked Yale SOM faculty to share self-improvement tips based on their research.

    Wellness tips on stickies
  • Why Hidden Populations Are So Hard to Count

    Yale researchers Edward Kaplan and Jonathan Feinstein explain how widely accepted estimates have greatly undercounted the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States.

    A map of the United States illustrating inflows and outflows of people.
  • Tesla’s Enfant Terrible Needs to Grow Up

    CEO Elon Musk is clinging to his image as an irreverent, self-promoting disrupter, when the company needs him to demonstrate stability and reliability.

    Elon Musk arrives at a SpaceX event in September 2018. Photo: DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images.
  • The Housing Boom Is Already Gigantic. How Long Can It Last?

    The best explanation for why prices go up, Yale's Robert Shiller writes, may be that we expect them to—until we don’t.

    A housing development in San Jose, California, one of the fastest-growing housing markets in the United States.