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Faculty Viewpoints

  • What Does the Chinese Slowdown Mean for the World?

    Yale SOM’s Stephen Roach says that the world will need to adapt as China makes a much-needed transition.

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  • What’s Next for China?

    With China’s dramatic internal growth on shaky economic ground, the country is looking outward for its next act.

  • How Did Volkswagen Go Wrong?

    Three Yale faculty on the causes and consequences of the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

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  • Can the American Civil Religion Bridge the Partisan Divide?

    Yale sociologist Philip Gorski on our competing national narratives and what they mean for contemporary politics.

  • Can We Change the Climate Conversation?

    Yale's Brad Gentry on the state of the climate change talks and what a recent Global Network survey of MBA students tells us about the change in the discourse.

  • Don’t Assume a Fed Action Will Move the Market

    Robert Shiller writes that our responses to a rate hike are unpredictable, even when we know in advance that it will happen.

  • How Should We Decide?

    HEC Paris's Itzhak Gilboa on decision science, which draws on both mathematical models and human intuition to create formal frameworks for making effective decisions.

  • Is Your Organization Like Mrs. Winchester’s House?

    Sarah Winchester's sprawling mansion, built over decades with no master plan, is an great analogy for how many organizations have been constructed.

  • To Thrive, Green Bonds Need Standards for Environmental Impact

    With sales of green bonds slowing, Yale SOM’s Todd Cort and co-author Cary Krosinsky write that the industry needs standardized methods for assessing the environmental impact of a project.

  • Time to End Confrontations Over Federal Borrowing Limits

    In a Foreign Policy op-ed, Yale SOM Dean Emeritus Jeffrey Garten writes that the recurrent threats to force a U.S. debt default could end in catastrophe, and it’s time for Congress to end them permanently.

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