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James Buchanan, economist
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James Buchanan and the pitfalls of public choice

An embattled outsider for much of his lifetime, the Nobel prize winner's libertarian convictions resonate today in our increasingly polarised world.
Sir John Templeton, mutual fund investor
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How John Templeton reconciled God and mammon

Renowned for his skill as a stock picker, the great contrarian was also a committed Christian whose convictions inspired the philanthropy for which he is equally famous.
Amartya Sen, Professor, Harvard University
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Amartya Sen: the Mother Teresa of economics?

What causes famines? In 1981, Amartya Sen - India's first Nobel laureate in economics - offered a radical answer: not food scarcity, but inequality in food distribution.
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How private equity evolved - and endured

Once synonymous with Wall Street excess, private equity has cleaned up its act and is the largest asset class in private markets today.
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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo - economists rethinking poverty

Their experimental research methods won them a Nobel prize in 2019 for significantly enhancing our understanding of the world's poor and how to help them.
A man in a suit and tie stands in front of several monitors displaying financial charts and data.
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Bill Gross, the Bond King

Gross pioneered active bond trading and became an investing superstar - until hubris caught up with him.
An older gentleman in a suit and tie sits in a lecture hall, resting his head on his hand and laughing
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Joseph Stiglitz: How to save capitalism from itself

The Nobel laureate believes that neoliberal economics and unfettered markets are failures. His remedy? More government intervention.
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Howard Marks - master of distressed debt investment

His investment memos are so good that even Warren Buffett hastens to read them. So what can we learn from the world's leading investor in distressed debt?
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Tackling the sustainability challenge collectively

Elinor Ostrom won a Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009 for showing that ordinary people, working together, can manage natural resources sustainably. Her work is as relevant as ever.

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