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Politics and Policy

Why JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon Could be the Right Candidate for President

Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that the CEO’s two decades as a pragmatic, stabilizing force make him an attractive alternative.

Jamie Dimon silhouetted in a doorway
  • How Should Companies Talk About Tariff-Driven Price Hikes?‌‌

    We asked Yale SOM marketing expert Nathan Novemsky how firms can best communicate with customers about the change forced by the Trump tariffs. ‌‌

    Displays with pricing visible at a Walmart
  • What Will It Take to Create Competitive Digital Markets?‌

    Tech giants have been skirmishing almost daily with regulators and courts about their outsized power over our digital lives. Yale SOM economist Fiona Scott Morton recently published a collection of essays offering approaches to creating real competition in digital markets and making them work better for consumers. ‌

    A row of people looking at smartphones
  • How Tariffs Could Empty Grocery Shelves‌‌

    Sanitube’s sanitary steel products are an essential link in the supply chain that gets milk, cheese, and other foods to your kitchen table. Todd Adams ’10, the company’s president, says that the tariff turbulence buffeting his operations could end with escalating prices and even shortages of nutritional staples.‌‌

    Empty grocery store shelves
  • What’s Next for Bangladesh after the Monsoon Revolution?‌‌

    We talked to Yale SOM economist Mushfiq Mobarak, a member of a task force advising the interim government on economic strategy, about the reforms necessary to ensure a prosperous and democratic future for the country. ‌‌

    Workers protesting on the street in Bangladesh
  • Can a Clinic Comply with Trump’s Executive Orders Without Leaving Patients Behind?‌

    For more than 50 years, New Haven’s Fair Haven Community Health Care has provided care to immigrants and other vulnerable populations. We talked with CEO Suzanne Lagarde ’14 about how the organization is grappling with federal executive orders and budget cuts that threaten its mission. ‌

    Suzanne Lagarde at a “final beam” ceremony for a Fair Haven Health Care facility under construction.
  • The Science and Politics of Vaccines Collide‌‌

    Dr. Howard Forman reflects on heartening new evidence for the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine—and troubling signs of vaccine skepticism from the Trump administration. ‌‌

    A trial of vials
  • How the Business Community Turned Back Tariffs—for Now

    Objections from business leaders played a key role in pushing the Trump Administration to reverse course on recently announced “reciprocal” tariffs, according to Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques. It’s a win for business, they write, but the business community remains concerned about uncertainty around economic policy.

    A container ship in the open ocean
  • The Trump Tariffs Are Paralyzing Business Investment

    Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian write that the administration’s unpredictable approach is bringing new corporate initiatives to a standstill and pushing the economy toward recession.

    A New York Stock Exchange trader looking at a display showing falling stock prices
  • Understanding the Healthcare Impact of Mass Firings in Washington‌‌

    The scale of cuts to the federal healthcare workforce is now coming into focus. Dr. Howard Forman explains the potential life-and-death consequences of cuts to key programs and the departure of longtime leaders. ‌

    A federal worker who lost her job leaves the Department of Health and Human Services on April 1. 
  • Companies That Receive State Subsidies Are More Likely to Break Workplace Laws‌

    In a new study, Yale SOM’s Aneesh Raghunandan finds that state officials are then less likely to penalize companies that receive subsidies for corporate misconduct—and their leniency seems to encourage firms to ignore regulations.

    A "Welcome to Washington" sign along a highway