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Air pollution in India: new findings on how to reduce crop burning

October 3, 2024

Yale’s Rohini Pande and coauthors find that adjusting the design of an incentives program can reduce the highly damaging practice of crop burning by farmers.

Taxes, inequality, and the stakes of the coming election

September 30, 2024

Led by Yale political economist Jacob Hacker, a conference earlier this month explored “the most important tax reform moment that we’ve had since the late 80s.”

PODCAST: White poverty, race myths, and reconstructing American democracy

September 27, 2024

Yale’s Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove offers insights on the upcoming presidential election, drawing from his new book with Bishop William Barber on white poverty.

Recovering from regime change after the Monsoon Revolution

September 26, 2024

After Bangladesh’s prime minister was ousted in July, a Yale conference convened experts to explore how the country can build a more just and equitable economy.

New clinical framework addresses racism, enhances mental health care

September 25, 2024

Developed and piloted by Yale Child Study Center, a new clinical tool integrates patients’ racial identities and experiences into assessment and treatment.

How Yale became a refuge for one of Bangladesh’s founding economists

September 25, 2024

Amid the country’s political turmoil in the 1960s and 70s, the late Nurul Islam and his family found an academic home at Yale’s Economic Growth Center.

‘When bad things happen to privileged people’: exploring crisis politics

September 25, 2024

In a Q&A, Yale’s Dara Strolovitch discusses her work examining the ways politicians construct and exploit the idea of “crisis” to justify state action.

Advertising ethics: When do commercials cross a line?

September 17, 2024

In a new study, Yale SOM’s Deborah Small and her co-authors examine how people judge the ethical acceptability of depicting poverty in fundraising ads.

Four Graduate School alumni awarded 2024 Wilbur Cross Medals

September 16, 2024

Yale GSAS alumni James Scott, Anne Ferguson-Smith, John Guillory, and Kai Li will be recognized for their exceptional scholarship, teaching, and public service.

Larger police forces linked to economic mobility gap for Black males

September 13, 2024

A recent Yale co-authored study found that the racial mobility gap for males increased in relation to the per capita size of a city’s police force.