- George Soros
George Soros (born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, as György Schwartz) is an American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist. He peacefully promotes democracy in Eastern Europe. Currently, he is the chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute and is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. His support for the Solidarity labor movement in Poland, … - Karl Popper
Sir Karl Raimund Popper, CH, FRS, FBA, (July 28, 1902 - September 17, 1994), was an Austrian-born British philosopher and a professor at the London School of Economics. He is counted among the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century, and also wrote extensively on social and political philosophy. - Anthony Giddens
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens (born January 18, 1938) is a British sociologist who is renowned for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern contributors in the field of sociology, the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29 languages, issuing on average more than one book every year. He has been described as Britain's best known social scientist since John Maynard Keynes. - Howard Davies
Sir Howard Davies is Director of the London School of Economics. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Merton College, Oxford, and Stanford Graduate School of Business. His previous appointments have included Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Director General of the Confederation of British Industry, and Controller of the Audit Commission. - Willem Buiter
Willem Buiter was a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from June 1997-May 2000. He joined the London School of Economics as a chair in the European Institute in September of 2005. - Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Member, The Committee on Global Thought, at Columbia University. Her new book is Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages ( Princeton University Press 2006) and A Sociology of Globalization (Norton 2007). - Richard Layard
Peter Richard Grenville Layard known as Richard Layard, (born 15 March 1934), is a British economist. He was founder-director in 1990 of, and is a current programme director at, the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Layard was educated at Eton, where he was a King's scholar, at King's College, Cambridge and at the London School of Economics. - Nicholas Stern
Sir Nicholas Stern, FBA (born 22 April 1946) is a British economist and academic. He was the Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 2000 to 2003, and is now a civil servant and government economic advisor in the United Kingdom. After attending Latymer Upper School, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and his Doctor of Philosophy in economics at Nuffield College, Oxford. - Richard Sennett
Richard Sennett (born Chicago, 1 January 1943) is the Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Professor of the Humanities at New York University. Sennett is probably best known for his studies of social ties in cities, and the effects of urban living on individuals in the modern world. Sennett is married to sociologist and economist Saskia Sassen. Sennett has been a Fellow of The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, … - Romano Prodi
Prime Minister of Italy from 1996 to 1998. After winning the 2006 General Elections with his coalition of center-left parties "L'Unione", he again has been Prime Minister since 17 May 2006. President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Professor of industrial organization and industrial policy - Ralf Dahrendorf
Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, KBE, (born May 1, 1929) is a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and politician. He was born in Hamburg, the son of Lina and the late Gustav Dahrendorf, a social democrat member of the German Parliament. He studied philosophy, classical philology and sociology at Hamburg University between 1947 and 1952, became a doctor of philosophy and classics (Dr. phil.) in 1952. - Mervyn King
Mervyn Allister King (born March 30 1948) is Governor of the Bank of England. He took over on June 30 2003 from Sir Edward George. King studied at Wolverhampton Grammar School, King's College, Cambridge, St John's College, Cambridge (where he gained an MA), and Harvard; he then taught at the University of Cambridge and the University of Birmingham. He has also been Visiting Professor to Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. - Oliver Curry
Oliver Curry is a research associate at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science in the London School of Economics. He is an evolutionary theorist. His Ph.D., on the topic of morality as natural history, was awarded by the Government Department of the London School of Economics, where he now teaches Political Theory. As an evolutionary psychologist, Curry also contributed to the secular morality segments of the television documentary, … - Fred Halliday
Fred Halliday, academic and author, is a British academic specialist on the Middle East and international relations, with particular reference to Iran. Fred Halliday was born in Dublin (?Dundalk), Ireland, in 1946. He studied at Queen's College, Oxford, the School of Oriental and African Studies, and the LSE in London. Halliday's PhD was on South Yemen, and despite his prolific output it famously took him 17 years to complete and then publish (Sale, 2002). - Ulrich Beck
Dr. Ulrich Beck (born May 15, 1944) is a German sociologist who holds a professorship at Munich University and at the London School of Economics. - David Held
David Held (born 1951) is a British political theorist and a prominent figure within the field of international relations. Together with Daniele Archibugi, he has been a key figure in the development of cosmopolitanism, and is a widely acclaimed scholar on issues of globalisation. Held is currently Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science and co-director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics. - George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856-2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. During his career Shaw wrote more than sixty plays. He was uniquely honoured by being awarded both a Nobel Prize (1925) for his contribution to literature and an Oscar (1938) for "Pygmalion". He was a strong advocate for socialism and women's rights, a vegetarian and teetotaller, and a harsh critic of formal education. - Martin Wolf
Martin Wolf is a British journalist. He is associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000. He left Oxford University with a master of philosophy degree in economics in 1971 to join the World Bank's young professionals programme, becoming a senior economist in 1974. He left the World Bank in 1981, to become Director of Studies at the Trade Policy Research Centre, in London. - Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu, born on September 3, 1967 in Istanbul, Turkey, to Armenian parents, is a Turkish-American economist. He is currently Professor of Applied Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal. Acemoglu graduated in 1986 from the Galatasaray High School in Istanbul. He got his B.A. at the University of York, … - Harold Laski
Harold Joseph Laski (Manchester, June 30, 1893 - March 24, 1950 in London) was an English political theorist, economist, author, and lecturer, and served as the 1945-1946 chairman of the Labour Party. After attending Manchester Grammar School and New College, Oxford University, Laski became (1922-1936) a member of the executive committee of the socialist Fabian Society, and in 1936 he joined the Executive Committee of the Labour Party. - Monica Lewinsky
Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having a sexual relationship while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. Its repercussions in the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the surrounding scandals of 1997-99 became known as the Lewinsky scandal, or "Monicagate". The scandal severely affected Clinton's second term and gave Lewinsky significant notoriety. - Beatrice Webb
Martha Beatrice Potter Webb (January 22, 1858 - April 30, 1943) was a British socialist, economist and reformer, usually referred to in the same breath as her husband, Sidney Webb. Although her husband became Baron Passfield in 1929, she refused to be known as Lady Passfield. Beatrice Webb was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, the granddaughter of a Radical MP, Richard Potter. In 1882, she had a relationship with Radical politician Joseph Chamberlain, … - Patrick Dunleavy
Patrick Dunleavy is a professor from the London School of Economics (LSE) in the fields of public policy and government. Dunleavy writes books or written reports in a range of subjects including British Politics, E-Government, the Labour ID cards Proposal and Public Policy and Public Policy Research. Currently he is a professor for the LSE and an LSE MPA programme director. - Julian Le Grand
Julian Le Grand is Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE) and has been a senior policy advisor to the Prime Minister (Tony Blair). If there is a single defining thought about New Labour's approach to public services, it surrounds the benefit of choice, alongside investment. And if there has been a single leading intellectual exponent of this thesis, it is Julian Le Grand, the health policy adviser to the prime minister. - Will Hutton
Will Hutton is Executive Vice Chair in August 2008. He began his career as a stockbroker and investment analyst, before working in BBC TV and radio as a producer and reporter. Prior to joining The Work Foundation, Will spent four years as editor in chief of the Observer and he continues to write a weekly column for the paper. - Michael Cox
Michael Cox is a British academic and international relations scholar. He is currently a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he is Co-Director of the Cold War Studies Centre (CWSC). Cox has taught at Queen's University Belfast (1972-1995), California State University at San Diego (1986), the College of William and Mary in Virginia (1987-1989), the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (1995-2001), … - Patrick Minford
Professor Patrick Minford CBE (b. 1943) is currently Professor of Applied Economics at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University since 1997. He was previously Edward Gonner Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Liverpool from 1976 to 1997. Minford was educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford and then at the London School of Economics. He then went on to become Economic Assistant to the Finance Director, Courtaulds Ltd. - Paul Volcker
Paul Adolph Volcker (born September 5, 1927 in Cape May, New Jersey), is best-known as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve ("The Fed") under United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan (from August 1979 to August 1987). - Stanley Fischer
Stanley Fischer has been Governor of the Bank of Israel since May 2005. Prior to joining the Bank of Israel, Prof. Fischer was Vice Chairman of Citigroup from February 2002 through April 2005, where he was also Head of the Public Sector Group from February 2004 to April 2005, Chairman of the Country Risk Committee, and President of Citigroup International. - Shami Chakrabarti
Shami Chakrabarti CBE (born in London, June 16 1969) has been the director of Liberty, a British pressure group, since September 2003. After graduating from the London School of Economics, Chakrabarti worked as a barrister at the Home Office, before joining Liberty on 10 September, 2001. She spent the following two years campaigning against the anti-terrorist measures which followed the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States , such as Anti-terrorism, … - Richard B. Freeman
Richard B. Freeman (born 1943) is one of the leading labor economists in North America. The Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and Co-Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, Freeman is also Senior Research Fellow on Labour Markets at the Centre for Economic Performance, an economic research lab part of the London School of Economics, … - Martin Knapp
Professor Martin Richard John Knapp (born 8 August 1952) is an economist and policy analyst whose research, teaching and consultancy activities are concentrated in the areas of health and social care. As well as being Director of the PSSRU at the London School of Economics, he is Professor of Social Policy and Chair of LSE Health and Social Care. - Ian Angell
Ian Angell is Professor of Information Systems at the London School of Economics. He holds a Phd in Algebraic Number Theory and previously held positions as Professor of Computer Science at Royal Holloway College and University College London. He has written numerous books on 3D Graphics, Knowledge Management and Information Systems. - Michio Morishima
Michio Morishima (July 18, 1923 - July 13,2004) was Japanese economist and emeritus professor of London School of Economics (LSE), Sir John Hicks Professor of LSE. He was also emeritus professor of Osaka University and a member of the British Academy. He studied economics and sociology under Yasuma Takada.In 1946 he graduated Kyoto University and taught at Kyoto University and Osaka University. - Ronald Coase
Ronald Harry Coase (b. December 29, 1910) is a British economist and the Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School. He graduated from the London School of Economics in 1931. Coase earned his doctorate from the University of London in 1951. He emigrated to the United States that same year and started work at the University of Buffalo. In 1958 he moved to the University of Virginia. - David Miller
David W. Miller (born 19 August 1942) is a philosopher and prominent exponent of critical rationalism. He teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK. In 1964 he went to the London School of Economics as a student to study Logic and Scientific Method. Soon afterwards he became one of Karl Popper's research assistants. In a series of papers in the 1970s, … - Eileen Barker
Eileen Vartan Barker (born 21 April 1938), OBE, FBA is a professor in sociology, an emeritus member of the London School of Economics (LSE), and a consultant to that institution's Centre for the Study of Human Rights. She is the chairperson and founder of the Information Network Focus on Religious Movements (INFORM) and has written studies about cults and new religious movements (NRMs). - Graham Wallas
Graham Wallas (May 31, 1858 - August 9, 1932) was an English socialist, social psychologist, educationalist, and a leader of the Fabian Society. Born in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Wallas was educated at Shrewsbury School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. It was at Oxford that Wallas abandoned religion and converted to rationalism. He taught at Highgate School until 1885, when he resigned rather than participate in communion, … - William Beveridge
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge (5 March 1879 - 16 March 1963) was a British economist and social reformer. He is perhaps best known for his 1942 report "Social Insurance and Allied Services" (known as the "Beveridge Report") which served as the basis for the post-World War II Labour government's Welfare State, including especially the National Health Service. - Nicholas Humphrey
Professor Nicholas Keynes Humphrey (b. 27 March,1943) is a British psychologist who in 2004 held a School Professorship at the London School of Economics (LSE) and a half-time Professorship at the New School for Social Research in New York. His work has tackled issues such as consciousness and belief in the supernatural from a Darwinian perspective. His primatological research formed the basis of Machiavellian intelligence theory.
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