Adam Smith

Adam Smith

male, deceased (1790)
Adam Smith FRSE (baptised June 5 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. - July 17, 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist....
Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises

male, deceased (1973)
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was a notable economist and a major influence on the modern libertarian movement. He has been called the...
Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall

male, 46 years old
Tim Worstall (b. 1963, Torquay) is an English writer and blogger, who writes about a variety of topics, but particularly about economics. In his...
Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell

male, 79 years old
Thomas Sowell was born in North Carolina and grew up in Harlem. As with many others in his neighborhood, he left home early and did not finish high...
Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen

male, 47 years old (Arlington, Virginia, United States)
Tyler Cowen and Benjamin Barber present two different perspectives on the role of market liberalization and cultural diversity and representation....
Jeffrey Tucker

Jeffrey Tucker

male
Jeffrey Albert Tucker is the editorial vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a libertarian think tank that espouses the Austrian School...
Megan McArdle

Megan McArdle

female, 36 years old
While working at Ground Zero, she started Live from the WTC, a blog focused on economics, business, and cooking. She may or may not have been the...
Wesley Clark

Wesley Clark

male, 64 years old (Little Rock, Arkansas, United States)
Wesley Kanne Clark (born December 23 1944) is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West...
Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson

male, 52 years old
Chris Anderson is the curator of the TED (Technology Entertainment Design) Conference, an influential annual conference. Anderson, who is British,...
Murray Rothbard

Murray Rothbard

male, deceased (1995)
Murray Newton Rothbard was a highly influential American economist, historian and natural law theorist belonging to the Austrian School of...