One billion people on the planet are struggling with extreme poverty according to Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Joseph Stiglitz, Professor of Economics at Columbia University and Nobel Laureate for Economics in 2001, lectures at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Prof. Paul R. Krugman, Professor of Economics & International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, and Columnist, New York Times.
Peter R Orszag, Senior Fellow of Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, is an expert in budget policy and politics, which encompasses education policy, Homeland security, pension policy, Social Security, and tax policy.