Why a tiny slice of VCs capture almost all the profit
News
Stanford finance professor Ilya Strebulaev helped assemble the largest dataset of individual VCs to date – and found that 90% of net profits flow to just 5% of players.
The clean energy bottleneck isn’t technology – it’s market design
Research
Working at the intersection of economics and operations, Ömer Karaduman studies how to design more efficient and reliable electricity systems.
A Stanford economist explains the bond market
Q&A
Finance Professor Hanno Lustig lays out how the bond market works and what you need to know to make sense of the headlines.
Course prepares leaders for uncertain future of AI
News
The AI-Powered Org helps students navigate the opportunities, risks, and skepticism surrounding artificial intelligence in the workplace.
A blueprint for keeping humans in control of AI
Research
New research teaches independent AI agents to ask for help – and gives users a way to limit unsafe decisions.
How Southeast Asia can scale sustainable growth
Research
A new report outlines six strategies to help the region achieve more economic growth while balancing energy security and environmental sustainability.
Team develops AI tool to predict workplace dynamics
Research
A prize-winning faculty-student collaboration is developing an LLM to uncover the hidden ways people work together.
Why lower-class workers don’t negotiate for higher pay
Research
New research reveals that workers from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to negotiate salaries and face real backlash when they do, widening lifetime earnings gaps.
Research explores options for shrinking the Fed
Q&A
Stanford finance expert Darrell Duffie identifies tools the Federal Reserve could use to reduce its $6.7 trillion balance sheet without disrupting monetary policy or bank liquidity.
Study finds only 9% of data brokers follow California’s privacy law
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New Stanford research shows data brokers are making it difficult for consumers to submit privacy requests and failing to report how many privacy requests they receive.