Thinkers Books

What makes a person just? And how can we define a just city? Answers to these types of questions are what Socrates, the gadfly of Athens,...

Imagine you lived in British Colonial America. Back then, you could be taxed and wouldn't be able to do anything about it. The...

Have you ever wondered how some autocratic world leaders manage to stay in power despite human rights abuses and violations of...

All Americans share a fundamental set of values reflecting the founding fathers’ intent. The founding fathers had the foresight to write...

The notion that history is made and its outcomes influenced only by “great men” is rightly considered old fashioned these days. However,...

Michelle Obama wasn’t always a lawyer, a working mom or the First Lady of the United States. Back in the 1970s, she was Michelle...

Tiger Woods is a name synonymous with golf, extraordinary success, and marital infidelity. Ever since emerging on the scene as a golf...

What does the name Rothschild mean to you? While many people associate the name with a wealthy Jewish family or a thriving investment...

You certainly know the successful tagline of footwear giant Nike; Just Do It. It captures the daring spirit of Nike co-founder Phil...

It’s almost impossible to overstate the role that Steve Jobs played in the creation of our contemporary, computer-mediated world. A...

Isaac Newton is perhaps the most famous scientist of all time. But fame attracts myth – and much of Newton’s life is somewhat obscured by...

The world has changed a lot from the days when most people started and ended their careers at the same company. Flexibility and...

Few people encapsulate the American dream as perfectly as John D. Rockefeller, whose life trajectory was the classic rags-to-riches...

Elon Reeve Musk; born June 28, 1971 is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer. He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S....

The Economist described Friedman as ‘the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century…possibly all of it”. His...