Prior to 1999, the only two India-born Indians to be awarded the Nobel Prize were RabindranathTagore (in 1913) and CV Raman (in 1930). In October 1998 the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences selected…
Andres Oppenheimer
Pulitzer Prize winner
International authority in Latin-American growth and in global economy. Host of "Oppenheimer Presenta" in CNN en español. Columnist, The Miami Herald & Bestselling Author.
Selected as one of the "50 most influential Latin American intellectuals" by Foreign Policy magazine and recognized by Forbes Media Guide as one of the "500 most important journalists" in the United States,…
Antonio Damasio's research has served to lay the foundations of a neurological theory of emotions and has shown that emotions play a central role in decision-making and in social knowledge, focusing especially on…
Bernardo Kliksberg is an Argentine Doctor of Economics, recognized around the world as the founder of a new discipline, social management, and as a pioneer of development ethics, social capital and corporate social responsability. Bernardo…
Few journalists in America’s history have had the impact on their era and their craft as Carl Bernstein. For forty years, from All the President’s Men to A Woman-In-Charge: The Life of Hillary Clinton, Bernstein’s books,…
During the 1980’s and 1990’s, Carl Lewis established himself as arguably the greatest track and field athlete of all time. Remarkably, Carl maintained his performance level with age. He capped his amazing Olympic…
Christopher A. Pissarides was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2010. Sir Christopher Pissarides is the Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, a Professor of European Studies…
Edmund Phelps is the McVickar Professor of Political Economy at Columbia University, Director of Columbia's Center on Capitalism and Society and the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Economics. Early in his…
Dr. Eduardo Aninat is a recognised global finance expert who was the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the IMF and World Bank in 1995-96, and served three years as a member…
Eric S. Maskin is probably best known for his work on the theory of mechanism design for which he shared the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He has made contributions to many…
