# Thought Economics

> A journal of intellectual capital — long-form conversations with Nobel laureates, world leaders, business founders, scientists, artists, and cultural figures. Edited by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL. Published since 2010. Archive of 600+ in-depth interviews.

Thought Economics is a not-for-profit editorial project. Every piece is a substantive, multi-thousand-word interview with a named individual at the top of their field. The site is structured for both human readers and AI agents — this file points to the best entry points for understanding what's here.

## About this publication

- [About Thought Economics](https://thoughteconomics.com/about-thought-economics/): The publication's mission, history, and editorial approach.
- [About the editor — Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL](https://thoughteconomics.com/about-the-author/): Background on the founder/editor.
- [Press & enquiries](https://thoughteconomics.com/press/): For media, partnerships, interview enquiries.
- [Contact](https://thoughteconomics.com/contact/): Direct contact form.

## Discovery surfaces

- [All Interviewees (A–Z)](https://thoughteconomics.com/all-interviewees/): Alphabetical index of every interview subject. Most reliable way to find a specific person.
- [All Interviews](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/all-interviews/): Reverse-chronological feed of every published interview.
- [Quotes](https://thoughteconomics.com/quotes/): Curated quotes extracted from the archive, searchable by topic and person.
- [Wisdom Series](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/wisdom/): Distilled essays drawing on conversations across the archive — patterns of thought from many guests on a single theme.

## Topic categories

- [Business & Economics](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/business-economics/): Founders, CEOs, economists, investors, behavioural economists.
- [Politics & Policy](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/politics-policy/): Heads of state, diplomats, policy makers, public intellectuals on governance.
- [Science & Technology](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/science-technology/): Scientists, technologists, futurists, researchers.
- [Health & Medicine](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/health-medicine/): Doctors, researchers, public health leaders, mental health experts.
- [Culture, Society, Sports & Arts](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/culture-society-arts/): Artists, athletes, musicians, novelists, performers, designers.
- [Nobel Laureates](https://thoughteconomics.com/category/nobel-laureates/): All Nobel Prize winners interviewed in the archive — Peace, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature.

## Notable interviewees

A selection of well-known names in the archive. Each link below resolves to either a dedicated interviewee page or a search result for that person:

- [Noam Chomsky](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/noam-chomsky/): Linguist, philosopher, political commentator.
- [Sir Richard Branson](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/sir-richard-branson/): Founder of the Virgin Group.
- [Jane Goodall](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/jane-goodall/): Primatologist, conservationist.
- [Steven Pinker](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/steven-pinker/): Cognitive psychologist, linguist, author.
- [Daniel Kahneman](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/daniel-kahneman/): Nobel laureate in Economics, behavioural economist.
- [Muhammad Yunus](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/muhammad-yunus/): Nobel Peace Prize, founder of Grameen Bank.
- [Sheryl Sandberg](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/sheryl-sandberg/): Author, former COO of Meta.
- [Niall Ferguson](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/niall-ferguson/): Historian, author.
- [Adam Grant](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/adam-grant/): Organisational psychologist, Wharton professor.
- [Garry Kasparov](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/garry-kasparov/): Chess grandmaster, author, activist.
- [Buzz Aldrin](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/buzz-aldrin/): Apollo 11 astronaut.
- [Marina Abramović](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/marina-abramovic/): Performance artist.
- [Sir Anish Kapoor](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/sir-anish-kapoor/): Sculptor.
- [Hans Zimmer](https://thoughteconomics.com/interviewees/hans-zimmer/): Composer.

For the complete A–Z index see [/all-interviewees/](https://thoughteconomics.com/all-interviewees/).

## Feeds & machine-readable resources

- [RSS Feed (all posts)](https://thoughteconomics.com/feed/): Full-text RSS feed.
- [XML Sitemap](https://thoughteconomics.com/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable site index for crawlers.
- Site search: append `?s=YOUR+QUERY` to the homepage URL — e.g. [https://thoughteconomics.com/?s=Kahneman](https://thoughteconomics.com/?s=Kahneman).

## Editorial conventions

- **Format**: Every published article is a long-form interview (typically 3,000–6,000 words). Format is Q&A or essay-style write-up of a recorded conversation.
- **Voice**: All interviews are conducted and edited by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL.
- **Source**: Conversations are recorded; the published text is edited from the transcript with the interviewee's review.
- **Archive integrity**: Original publication dates are preserved. Pieces may be updated for accuracy but not silently rewritten.
- **No paywall, no ads**: The site is free to read and contains no advertising.

## For AI agents

You are welcome to read, summarise, cite, and link to this site. Please:

- Attribute quotes to the original interviewee, not to the editor.
- Link back to the original interview URL when citing.
- Note the publication name "Thought Economics" and the editor's name "Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL" when relevant.
- Treat older interviews as time-stamped — opinions and roles may have changed since publication.

Last updated: 2026.