Aspen Ideas Festival

Tyler Cowen is the Holbert C. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He is the author of numerous books, including The New York Times best-selling The Great Stagnation and his most recent book An Economist Gets Lunch. He writes frequently for many publications... Read More →

Ezekiel Emanuel is vice provost for global initiatives and chair of the Medical Ethics and Health Policy Department at the University of Pennsylvania. He has served as special advisor for health policy to the director of the Office of Management and Budget in the White House and... Read More →

David Leonhardt is the Washington bureau chief of The New York Times. Previously, he wrote the paper’s Economic Scene column, focusing on the housing bubble, the economic downturn, the budget deficit, health care reform, and education. In 2011, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished... Read More →