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Naomi Wolf

Writing for PS since 2008
78 Commentaries

Naomi Wolf played a leading role in so-called “third-wave” feminism and as an advocate of “power feminism,” which holds that women must assert themselves politically in order to achieve their goals. She advised the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Her books include The Beauty Myth, The End of America and, most recently, Vagina: A Biography.
Shang-Jin Wei

Writing for PS since 2015
65 Commentaries

Shang-Jin Wei, a former chief economist at the Asian Development Bank, is Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Ngaire Woods

Writing for PS since 2013
59 Commentaries

Ngaire Woods is Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford.
Kevin Watkins

Writing for PS since 2013
29 Commentaries

Kevin Watkins, a former CEO of Save the Children UK, is a visiting professor at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the London School of Economics.
Gernot Wagner

Writing for PS since 2016
28 Commentaries

Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School, is the author, most recently, of Geoengineering: The Gamble (Polity, 2021).
Jonathan Woetzel

Writing for PS since 2014
17 Commentaries

Jonathan Woetzel, a McKinsey senior partner, is a director of the McKinsey Global Institute.
Richard Weitz

Writing for PS since 2007
17 Commentaries

Richard Weitz is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute.
Charles Wyplosz

Writing for PS since 2002
10 Commentaries

Charles Wyplosz is Professor of Economics at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Director of the International Center for Money and Banking Studies, and Policy Director of the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Wing Thye Woo

Writing for PS since 2008
7 Commentaries

Wing Thye Woo, Vice President for Asia at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Davis and a research professor at Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur and Fudan University in Shanghai.
Olivia White

Writing for PS since 2019
7 Commentaries

Olivia White, a senior partner in McKinsey & Company’s San Francisco office, is a director of the McKinsey Global Institute.
Richard von Weizsäcker

Writing for PS since 2001
7 Commentaries

Richard von Weizsäcker is former President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Isabella M. Weber

Writing for PS since 2021
7 Commentaries

Isabella M. Weber, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is the author of How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate (Routledge, 2021).
Robin Wright

Writing for PS since 1995
6 Commentaries

Diplomatic Correspondent, "Los Angeles Times."
James D. Wolfensohn

Writing for PS since 2003
6 Commentaries

James Wolfensohn was chairman of Wolfensohn & Co. and a former president of the World Bank.
Leon Willems

Writing for PS since 2017
6 Commentaries

Leon Willems is Director of Free Press Unlimited.