June 2, 2025
Financial Times recently released its Business school professors’ picks featuring insights from Joseph LiPuma, Philip Van Horn Gerdine Clinical Associate Professor in Global Business, Strategy and Innovation and Greg Stoller, Master Lecturer of Strategy and Innovation.
This curated selection of Financial Times articles, handpicked by business school faculty, connects real-world events to classroom learning while encouraging critical thinking among students. Joseph LiPuma selected the article, “US vows to use ‘every tool’ in crackdown on international students: Trump administration moves to slow applications amid deepening stand-off with universities” and Greg Stoller selected the article, “Investors shift away from US bond market on fears over Donald Trump’s policies.”
The first article examines the Trump administration’s stricter vetting of international student visas, including social media screening, highlighting concerns about talent mobility and global relations. LiPuma uses this to explore how administrative trade barriers impact multinational firms’ access to talent, prompting discussion on strategic adaptation and organizational challenges in a protectionist climate.
The second article discusses how rising U.S. debt, Trump-era tax policies, and a Moody’s credit downgrade are driving investors toward international bonds. With high yields and a weakening dollar, it raises questions about the long-term effects of U.S. fiscal policy and invites discussion on global investor behavior and strategic responses to financial uncertainty.
These examples demonstrate how current business reporting can enhance academic conversations and enable students to link complex global trends with strategic decision-making as they unfold.
