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KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL is the editorial director and publisher of the Nation, a leading American source of progressive politics and culture, and served as the magazine's editor from 1995 to 2019. She is a frequent TV news commentator on U.S. and international politics, writes a weekly column for the Washington Post, and is the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama.
YANIS VAROUFAKIS is a Greek politician, economist, and academic. He served as minister of finance of Greece in 2015 as a member of the Syriza party and now sits as a member of parliament for the MeRA 25, a left-wing party he launched in 2018. He holds a Ph.D. in economics, was a Fellow at the University of Cambridge, lectured in economics at the University of Sydney, and was a professor of economic theory at the University of Athens. Varoufakis has authored several books on game theory, microeconomics, and macroeconomics, as well as the memoir Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment.
ARTHUR BROOKS is a Harvard professor, bestselling author, a Washington Post columnist, and former president of the D.C.-based American Enterprise Institute. He holds a Master's degree in economics from Florida Atlantic University and a Ph.D. in public policy from the RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica. His latest book is Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt, and his other titles include the New York Times bestsellers The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America and The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise.
DAVID BROOKS is a cultural and political commentator. He is a bi-weekly columnist for the New York Times' op-ed page, a regular analyst on PBS NewsHour and NPR's All Things Considered, and a New York Times bestselling author. His most recent book, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, explores how to have a life of meaning and purpose. Brooks currently teaches at Yale University.
Rudyard Griffiths is the co-organizer and moderator of the Munk Debates. He is also the co-founder of the Dominion Institute, co-director of the Grano Speakers Series, and author of Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto. He lives in Toronto.
