Markets, Morals and the Road Ahead: A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Professor Alvin Roth

May 5th, 2026 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
I speak to Nobel Prize Winner, Professor Alvin Roth on 'Moral Economics', exploring repugnant transactions — exchanges willing parties want but others would ban. Drawing on kidney exchange, vaccine challenge trials, surrogacy, drugs and medical aid in dying, he argues most contested markets cannot be abolished, only relocated, and must…

 

The London Consensus: Chile’s Former Finance Minister Andrés Velasco on Why Ideas — Not Interests — Shape the World

April 8th, 2026 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Professor Andrés Velasco — Dean of LSE’s School of Public Policy, Chile’s former Finance Minister, and co-editor of The London Consensus. He argues that ideas, not interests, drive policy and makes the case for principles over prescriptions, wellbeing beyond GDP, narrative as a tool…

 

Nir Eyal: Why Belief — Not Talent, Effort, or Strategy — Is the Real Driver of Human Performance

March 26th, 2026 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
You know what to do. So why aren’t you doing it? In this interview, I speak to NYT bestselling author Nir Eyal — the man who wrote the book on habits, then the book on focus — argues the missing variable isn’t discipline or strategy. It’s belief. And belief, it…

 

Paul Collier on Regional Inequality and Economic Recovery

February 3rd, 2026 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
World-renowned development economist Paul Collier has spent his life working in neglected communities. In this interview, we discuss his new book Left Behind, where he offers his candid diagnosis of why some regions and countries are falling further behind, and a new vision for how they can catch up. In…

 

Ben Lamm on De-Extinction & Species Restoration

December 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Ben Lamm, the Co-Founder and CEO Of Colossal Biosciences (the world’s first de-extinction company) which he founded alongside world-renowned geneticist and serial biotech entrepreneur George Church, Ph.D. Colossal are the first business to apply CRISPR technology for the purposes of species de-extinction and work…

 

Superintelligent AI Mathematician: Carina Hong, Axiom

December 12th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Axiom is an AI company on a mission to build a self-improving, superintelligent reasoner, starting with an AI mathematician. The company launched out of stealth in 2024 with $64 million in seed funding at a $300 million valuation led by B Capital.  The Axiom team includes renowned AI and mathematics experts…

 

Rachel Botsman on Trust & Being Trusted

December 10th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Rachel Botsman- author, designer, and lecturer renowned for her work on trust and societal change. A leading expert in the field, she has written three influential books—What’s Mine Is Yours, Who Can You Trust?, and How to Trust & Be Trusted—translated into 14 languages. As a…

 

César Hidalgo on The Laws of Knowledge

September 16th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Professor César A. Hidalgo, a physicist and global leader in the field of economic complexity. He leads the Center for Collective Learning at the Toulouse School of Economics and Corvinus University of Budapest, is the founder of DataWheel, and author of Why Information Grows.…

 

Gaming Strategy for Companies – Bastian Bergmann

September 15th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Bastian Bergmann, the author of "Press Play - Why Every Company Needs a Gaming Strategy." Bastian is cofounder and Chief Operating Officer of Solsten, a technology startup that empowers companies to create personalised content using AI and psychological data. Among its customers are globally…