Matt Taibbi is a Rolling Stone contributing editor and the author of Griftopia, one of the most entertainingly quotable, scathing, and illuminating histories of the current economic crisis. He has covered everything from politics to sports to business—all with the wit, humor, and gonzo spirit of...

Jean Charest is one of Canada’s best known political figures. Charest is the 29th Premier of Québec, serving from 2003 to 2012, and is a former Deputy Prime Minister. With stirring eloquence, he speaks about his career in public service, which has touched on practically every social, political, economic, and...

Living in China during the exhilarating years of its ascension from sleeping giant to superpower, Fallows captured a complex and seldom seen portrait of a nation. In myth-crushing talks, he throws light on China's mutually beneficial and staggeringly complicated relationship with the U.S. One of America's strongest journalists,...

Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of the most original and perceptive voices in black America—and one of our best young writers, period. With rich emotional depth and a sonar sense of how pop culture, politics, and history shape discussions of race, Coates is “the young James Joyce of the hip hop generation” (Walter...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh has helped expose some of the biggest cover-ups of our time, from My Lai to Abu Ghraib. In his timely lectures, the legendary Sy Hersh deftly analyzes current U.S. foreign policy and issues pertaining to military intelligence, national security, and the press.

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...

John Ibbitson's The Big Shift, is a #1 bestselling Canadian non-fiction book that gives an inside view of Canada's new power players: "The provinces that mattered most don’t matter as much any more," he says. "The country’s centre has shifted west, and power has shifted with it [and] is now...

An influential historian, Andrew Bacevich sees the political, military, and economic crises that face America as deeply interconnected. Applauded for reaching across political lines and speaking blunt truth to power, regardless of who is in office, Bacevich offers bracingly pragmatic talks that will help steer the country...

Veteran economic and financial journalist, Robert Kuttner predicted the financial crash and Barack Obama's election win. He pointed toward the recovery program needed to revive America. Now, he's captured our attention again with his critique of the decisions made by the Obama Administration, and presents...