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Smarter 401(k) policies can help employees save for retirement

September 12, 2023

People with lower incomes are more likely to keep default retirement contribution rates, even when it’s not optimal. Policy can help, argues Yale’s James Choi.

Rethinking global trade for a low-carbon future

September 8, 2023

Ahead of Climate Week NYC, Yale School of the Environment’s Daniel Esty discusses the opportunities and obstacles to greening global trade.

Imagining future-ready infrastructure

September 5, 2023

America’s aging infrastructure is at a breaking point. David Gilford SOM ’07 discusses the value of building an innovative resilient infrastructure.

Reinventing the way we work — again

August 24, 2023

Yale’s Heidi Brooks discusses some of the important conversations that are still needed to bring workplaces into a new era.

Dating, marriage, parenting, and the gender wage gap

August 22, 2023

In a video, Yale’s Mushfiq Mobarak argues that, to close the gap, we need to address differing expectations around who bears the burden of family and parenting.

Can China reverse its economic slump?

August 18, 2023

Stephen Roach, former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and a senior fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center, discusses China’s recent cut in rates.

Ratings systems amplify racial bias on gig-economy platforms

August 15, 2023

Platforms can spread the effects of racial discrimination by displaying biased user ratings to those who otherwise not discriminate, a new Yale study finds.

Did student loan forbearance push distressed borrowers further into debt?

August 9, 2023

In a new study, Yale SOM’s Heather Tookes and her co-authors study the impact of this long-lasting debt relief program on distressed borrowers.

Promoting Yale Ventures in healthcare: MiChaela Barker ’24 M.B.A.

August 9, 2023

A rising second-year M.B.A. student checks in from her summer internship, where she is applying the lessons of her first year at Yale School of Management.

The secret of the Barbie movie’s marketing success

August 9, 2023

In a Q&A, Yale School of Management’s Zoe Chance, a former Mattel brand manager, discusses the marketing and message of the box office phenomenon.