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I interview economists, scientists, and philosophers on The Lunar Society Podcast http://youtube.com/c/DwarkeshPatel http://anchor.fm/dwarkeshpatel

Founder of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) and member of the Columbia University faculty. Chair of the University of Manchester's Brooks World Poverty Institute. Chairman of the U.N. Commission on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System. Chair of the international Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress.

Author. Scientist. Debut novel THE REVELATIONS from @ABRAMSbooks is a tale of science, murder, and consciousness. http://erikphoel.com. Wants a DVD on Mars

Harold Kincaid is Professor in the School of Economics and Director of the Research Unit in Behavioural Economics and Neuroeconomics at the University of Cape Town. He is the coeditor of Distributed Cognition and the Will: Individual Volition and Social Context and What Is Addiction? (both published by the MIT Press)

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, UNIVERSITY OF CRETE.

Professor of Economics at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.

Retired British sociologist of science.

Social theorist, author, orator, historian, and political philosopher. Pioneer in the environmental movement, formulated and developed the theory of social ecology and urban planning within anarchist, libertarian socialist, and ecological thought. Author of two dozen books covering topics in politics, philosophy, history, urban affairs, and social ecology. Founder of the libertarian socialist ideology called "communalism".

Scott Frickel is an American sociologist, currently an associate professor at Brown University, previously a professor at Tulane University and Washington State University, where he was the Boeing Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sociology. He is also a published author, being both cited and collected by libraries.

James R. Elliott is Professor of Sociology at Rice University. His research focuses on urbanization, social inequality, and the environment. He has served as advisor to the Sociology Program at the National Science Foundation and as co-editor of Sociological Perspectives (the official journal of the Pacific Sociological Association). His co-authored book with Dr. Scott Frickel, Sites Unseen: Uncovering Hidden Hazards in American Cities, recently won the Robert E. Park award for best book in community and urban sociology from the American Sociological Association. His current research focuses on the pressing intersection of rising social inequalities and climate adaptation.

Studying the world's most interesting people & companies. Founder & author of @ProfileRead at https://t.co/v2ZdSQv5wg // former writer at @fortunemagazine