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Video: Making Sense of a Global Economy in Flux

In the first of a series of public events inspired by their Yale SOM elective course, former Dean Ted Snyder and Logan Bender ’19 discuss how the so-called “Magnificent Seven” tech companies came to dominate the stock market, and why their values have plunged in 2025. 

Preview image for the video "20250424  The (Not So) Magnificent Seven? Yale SOM Prof & Tech Investor on the Future of Big Tech".

Ted Snyder, the William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Management, served as Yale SOM dean from 2011 to 2019. With technology investor Logan Bender ’19, he teaches the elective course Economic Analysis of High-Tech Industries, which interprets global economic phenomena through industrial organization concepts and valuation frameworks. Their new public webinar series, Ted and Logan’s Briefings on High-Tech Industries, will offer timely insights on major trends shaping the tech sector.