Public Policy | Yale Insights

The empty Oval Office in the White House

Three Questions: Prof. Andrew Metrick on What Makes a Good Pick for the Fed

Andrew Metrick
April 05, 2019
President Trump recently announced his intention to appoint two well-known conservative figures—Stephen Moore and Herman Cain—to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. We asked Prof. Andrew Metrick about the qualities of an effective Fed governor.
Ranji Nagaswami ’86 on Telling Hard Truths

Ranji Nagaswami
February 25, 2019

As chief investment adviser for New York City, Ranji Nagaswami ’86 delivered the unvarnished truth when she discovered unwelcome news about the city’s pension funds.
Three Questions: Prof. Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham on Payday Loans and Consumer Protection

Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham
February 21, 2019
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will stop requiring payday lenders to confirm borrowers' ability to repay. We asked Yale SOM's Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham what this change might mean to financially strapped Americans.
Big Issues: The Roots of America’s Exceptional Inequality

Jacob S. Hacker
February 14, 2019
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.
Three Questions: Prof. Zoë Chance on the Standoff between Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump

Zoë Chance
January 23, 2019
We asked Yale SOM’s Zoë Chance, an expert in influence and persuasion, about the method behind Pelosi’s suggestion that the State of the Union be delayed.
Why Hidden Populations Are So Hard to Count

Jonathan S. Feinstein Edward H. Kaplan
December 13, 2018
Yale researchers Edward Kaplan and Jonathan Feinstein explain how widely accepted estimates have greatly undercounted the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States.
Janet Yellen Worries the Fed May Not Have the Tools to Fight the Next Downturn

Janet L. Yellen
December 06, 2018
The former Federal Reserve chair discusses what the Fed can do to help stabilize the economy and get it turned around when rate cuts aren’t enough.
Can Green Banks Scale Clean Energy?

Richard Kauffman
November 26, 2018
Richard Kauffman ’83 explains how the New York Green Bank has made possible $1.5 billion in clean energy projects that wouldn’t otherwise have happened.
Are We Asking Too Much of Central Banks?

William B. English Paul Tucker
November 21, 2018
Paul Tucker, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, says that giving central bankers too much power can lead to dangerous unintended consequences.
Experiment to Save an Endangered Fish Holds Lessons for Policymakers

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Andres Gonzalez Lira
November 06, 2018

Randomized control trials may offer a tool for cost-effective, evidence-based policy making and perhaps even a deeper understanding of human behavior.