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Can Industrial Policy Help Revive Struggling Regions?

A new paper co-authored by Yale SOM’s Cameron LaPoint looks at an effort in 1980s Japan to narrow economic inequalities between geographic regions, in order to understand the potential impact of the similar U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, enacted in 2022.

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  • Social Media, the Corporation, and the State

    Yale’s Shyam Sunder assesses some of the complications that arise when multinational corporations become implicated in political questions.

  • Three Questions: Prof. David Bach on European Separatist Movements

    Yale SOM’s David Bach writes the independence movement in Catalonia reflects a widespread rejection of the political establishment.

  • What Has Ireland Learned from Austerity?

    Ireland slashed spending and raising taxes to address a fiscal crisis during the Great Recession. What does Ireland's subsequent recovery say about the effectiveness of austerity?

  • How to Respond to the Equifax Breach

    After the Equifax breach, Yale SOM's Shyam Saunder says, we should put the burden for protecting identities back onto major companies.

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  • Three Questions: Prof. Paul Bracken on Trump and North Korea

    Yale SOM's Paul Bracken, an expert on business and defense strategy, answers questions about President Donald Trump’s exchange of threats with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.

  • How Fair Is American Society?

    Americans tend to be overly optimistic about economic equality between white and black citizens, according to a new study by Yale researchers.

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  • What’s at Stake in the Healthcare Debate?

    Yale Insights talked to Howard Forman, a Yale physician and economist, about the consequences of Congress passing a repeal of the Affordable Care Act—and what might happen if nothing passes.

  • How Can We Create an Economics of Hope?

    Entrenched inequality is creating a sense of despair for many Americans. Andrea Levere ’83 discusses policies and programs that help more people find opportunities for hope.

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  • Insights Animation: The Economic Benefits of Immigration

    Do new arrivals in a country take jobs away from the native residents? The picture is much more complex than that, argues Yale SOM’s Mushfiq Mobarak.

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  • How Do You Build Effective Public-Private Partnerships?

    The World Bank’s Isabel Marques de Sá explains how these enormously complex contracts can be tools for innovation and capacity building.