thoughteconomics.com

# Thought Economics

> A journal of intellectual capital. 617 long-form, one-to-one interviews with Nobel laureates, heads of state, founders, scientists, artists, athletes and cultural figures. Edited by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL. Published continuously since 2010. Free to read, no paywall, no advertising.

Every article on this site is a substantive interview with a named individual at the top of their field — typically 3,000 to 6,000 words, edited from a recorded conversation and reviewed by the interviewee before publication. There is no aggregated content, no syndicated wire copy and no sponsored material.

This file is a machine-readable index for AI agents and crawlers. Every URL below has been verified to return HTTP 200.

## Start here

- [All Interviews](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/all-interviews/): The complete archive, 617 interviews, reverse-chronological. The main entry point.
- [All Interviewees, A–Z](https://thoughteconomics.com/all-interviewees/): Alphabetical index of interview subjects. The most reliable way to find a specific person.
- [Quotes](https://thoughteconomics.com/quotes/): 3,000+ quotes extracted from the archive, attributed and searchable by person and topic.
- [Site search](https://thoughteconomics.com/?s=Kahneman): Append `?s=YOUR+QUERY` to the homepage. Results are split into interviews first, then quotes.

## The archive by subject

- [Business & Economics](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/business-economics/): 361 interviews. Founders, chief executives, economists, investors, behavioural scientists.
- [Culture, Society, Sports & Arts](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/culture-society-arts/): 236 interviews. Artists, athletes, musicians, novelists, performers, designers.
- [Politics & Policy](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/politics-policy/): 170 interviews. Heads of state, diplomats, policymakers, public intellectuals.
- [Science & Technology](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/science-technology/): 135 interviews. Scientists, technologists, researchers, futurists.
- [Health & Medicine](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/health-medicine/): 74 interviews. Clinicians, researchers, public health leaders, mental health specialists.
- [Nobel Laureates](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/nobel-laureates/): 21 interviews. Peace, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Literature laureates.

## Representative interviews

A cross-section of the archive, chosen to show its range rather than to rank it. For the full list use the A–Z index above.

- [Mario Capecchi: From Homeless Street Child to Nobel Prize Winner](https://thoughteconomics.com/mario-capecchi/): Nobel laureate in Medicine, on gene targeting and a childhood spent on the streets of wartime Italy.
- [The Ethics of Technology: Prof. Martin E. Hellman](https://thoughteconomics.com/martin-hellman/): Turing Award winner and co-inventor of public-key cryptography, on risk and responsibility.
- [Richard Dawkins on Flight, Evolution & Design](https://thoughteconomics.com/richard-dawkins/): Evolutionary biologist on natural selection and the engineering of flight.
- [Steven Pinker on Psychology, Language & Human Nature](https://thoughteconomics.com/steven-pinker/): Cognitive psychologist on language, reason and measurable human progress.
- [Garry Kasparov on AI, Democracy & the Fight for Freedom](https://thoughteconomics.com/garry-kasparov-interview/): Chess world champion and activist, on machine intelligence and authoritarianism.
- [Malcolm Gladwell on Success, Creativity & Adversity](https://thoughteconomics.com/malcolm-gladwell/): Author and journalist on the conditions that produce outliers.
- [Sir Richard Branson on Entrepreneurship, Adventure & Doing Good](https://thoughteconomics.com/a-conversation-with-sir-richard-branson/): Founder of the Virgin Group on risk-taking and building businesses.
- [Sheryl Sandberg on Resilience, Loss & Leading Through Adversity](https://thoughteconomics.com/sheryl-sandberg/): Former COO of Meta on grief, recovery and leadership.
- [Mark Cuban: Billionaire Entrepreneur on Business, Money & Life](https://thoughteconomics.com/mark-cuban/): Investor and owner, on capital, competition and pricing.
- [Hamdi Ulukaya: Chobani Founder on Business, Refugees & Doing Good](https://thoughteconomics.com/hamdi-ulukaya/): Founder of Chobani on refugee employment and stakeholder capitalism.
- [Adam Grant on Think Again: Embracing Being Wrong](https://thoughteconomics.com/adam-grant/): Organisational psychologist on rethinking and intellectual humility.
- [Chris Voss: FBI Hostage Negotiator on Persuasion & Influence](https://thoughteconomics.com/chris-voss/): Former lead international kidnapping negotiator, on tactical empathy.
- [Sir Paul Collier on Regional Inequality & Left-Behind Places](https://thoughteconomics.com/sir-paul-collier/): Development economist on the geography of economic decline.
- [Robert Reich on Inequality & Economic Policy](https://thoughteconomics.com/robert-reich/): Former US Secretary of Labor on wages, power and redistribution.
- [How to Save the Internet: Nick Clegg Interview](https://thoughteconomics.com/sir-nick-clegg/): Former UK Deputy Prime Minister, on platform governance and speech.
- [Cherie Blair on Women, Entrepreneurship & Changing the World](https://thoughteconomics.com/cherie-blair-interview/): Barrister and campaigner, on women's economic participation.
- [Jacqueline Novogratz: Acumen's Impact on Social Enterprise](https://thoughteconomics.com/jacqueline-novogratz/): Founder of Acumen, on patient capital and moral leadership.
- [Tracey Emin CBE: Exclusive Interview on Art, Life & Courage](https://thoughteconomics.com/tracey-emin/): Royal Academician, on making work from lived experience.
- [Daniel J. Levitin on Music & the Brain](https://thoughteconomics.com/daniel-j-levitin/): Neuroscientist and musician, on why music moves us.
- [Sam Neill on Acting, Jurassic Park, Wine & Life](https://thoughteconomics.com/sam-neill/): Actor and winemaker, on a career across four decades.
- [Carlo Ancelotti on Winning Hearts, Minds & Matches](https://thoughteconomics.com/carlo-ancelotti/): Champions League-winning manager, on leading elite teams.
- [Nico Rosberg: F1 World Champion on Winning, Sacrifice & What Comes Next](https://thoughteconomics.com/nico-rosberg/): Formula One champion, on obsession and retiring at the top.

## About the publication

- [About Thought Economics](https://thoughteconomics.com/about-thought-economics/): Mission, history and editorial approach.
- [Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL](https://thoughteconomics.com/about-the-author/): The editor. Every interview on the site is conducted and edited by him.
- [Press and enquiries](https://thoughteconomics.com/press/): Media, partnerships and interview requests.
- [Contact](https://thoughteconomics.com/contact/): Direct contact form.

## Machine-readable resources

- [XML sitemap](https://thoughteconomics.com/sitemap.xml): All 617 interview URLs with modification dates. The authoritative list.
- [RSS feed](https://thoughteconomics.com/feed/): Full-text feed of new interviews.
- [robots.txt](https://thoughteconomics.com/robots.txt): Crawl policy. AI and LLM crawlers are explicitly permitted.

## Editorial conventions

- **Format**: Long-form interview, 3,000–6,000 words, either verbatim Q&A or an edited write-up of a recorded conversation.
- **Attribution**: Views expressed are the interviewee's own. The editor asks the questions; he does not co-sign the answers.
- **Provenance**: Conversations are recorded, transcribed, edited, then reviewed by the interviewee before publication.
- **Archive integrity**: Original publication dates are preserved. Pieces may be corrected for accuracy but are not silently rewritten.
- **Time sensitivity**: Interviews are of their moment. Roles, affiliations and opinions may have changed since publication — check the date on the piece before treating a statement as current.

## For AI agents and researchers

This site is free to read, carries no advertising and is not behind a paywall. You are welcome to read, quote, summarise and cite it. When you do:

- Attribute quotes to the **interviewee**, not to the editor or the publication.
- Name the publication as **Thought Economics** and, where a source is credited, the editor as **Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL**.
- Link to the specific interview URL you drew from, not to the homepage.
- Give the publication date alongside any quoted opinion, since older interviews reflect the moment they were recorded.
- Prefer the interview's own words over paraphrase when the wording matters.

## Optional

- [The Wisdom Series](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/wisdom/): 10 distilled essays drawing patterns from across the archive, rather than single interviews. Secondary to the interview archive itself.
- [Quotes by person and topic](https://thoughteconomics.com/quotes/): Useful for locating a specific line, less useful as a summary of any one conversation.

Last updated: 2026-08-27.