Imprisoned for his writings by the Nigerian government when he was a teenager, Chris Abani “may be the most courageous writer working right now” (Dave Eggers). Abani is a forceful speaker who can draw belly laughs while also making a deeply personal statement on the luminous and redemptive power of art to battle...

One of Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers, Daron Acemoglu makes tremendous strides in answering the big question that has obsessed us for centuries: Why are some nations rich, while others are poor? In the bestseller Why Nations Fail, he argues that economic prosperity is based on strong institutions...

Why do we choose to date, and even marry, certain people over others? It has a lot more to do with the market forces than you’d think, says Economics Professor Dr. Marina Adshade. In eye-opening and insightful talks, the author of Dollars and Sex weighs in on how the current economic climate makes all the...

A literary legend, a social activist, and a feminist icon, Isabel Allende—now in the fourth decade of a career like no other—has sold over 50 million books in over 30 languages. The massive audiences who laugh, and occasionally cry, at her public talks are a testament to her boldly imaginative works, which have...

In these hectic times, too often do we try to find a quick-fix to health and wellbeing. Dr. Julia Alleyne—the chief medical officer for the Canadian Olympic Team and the 2015 PanAm games—prescribes exercise and a balanced diet. The trick is that she can integrate that classic advice with any modern lifestyle,...

Adam Alter studies how we think and decide—and how consumers spend and save, doctors diagnose, judges punish, and investors invest. In the New York Times bestseller, Drunk Tank Pink, Alter shows us that so many of those thoughts and decisions are deeply influenced by forces that escape our attention...

As the Editor of The World Policy Journal, David Andelman publishes influential commentary on international relations that make a virtue of non partisan discourse. It's just the latest in a series of prestigious posts—he was also Executive Editor at Forbes—that mark him as one of the most experienced...

Kwame Anthony Appiah is often called a postmodern Socrates, and for good reason: he asks probing questions about identity, ethnicity, honor, and religion during a time when these difficult notions continue to shift. Exciting and erudite, Appiah challenges us to look beyond the boundaries—real and imagined—that...

Samuel Arbesman will change the way you see facts forever. His book, The Half-Life of Facts, takes a hard look at how everything we take to be empirically true can—and does—still change. Arbesman, an expert in scientometrics (literally, the science of science) gives sound advice on how to navigate our...