Aspen Ideas Festival

Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship and a professor of global economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management. He is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a co-founder of The Baseline... Read More →

Kai Ryssdal is the host and senior editor of “Marketplace,” public radio’s most popular program on business and the economy. During his eleven years at American Public Media, “Marketplace” has broadcast live from the New York Stock Exchange; Shanghai and Chongqing, China... Read More →

Vin Weber is co-chairman and partner of Mercury/Clark & Weinstock and Mercury in Washington, DC. He provides strategic advice to institutions with matters before the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. Weber has successfully advised numerous clients on matters... Read More →