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Alan Greenspan, American economist

disagrees Tariffs

Protectionism will do little to create jobs and if foreigners retaliate, we will surely lose jobs.

MIchael Hudson, Economist. Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

disagrees Fracking

You have a choice. Either you can have more oil, or more clean water. Fracking is not good for the water supply.

Edmund Pellegrino, Bioethicist

disagrees Euthanasia

In a society as obsessed with the costs of health care and the principle of utility, the dangers of the slippery slope... are far from fantasy... Assisted suicide is a half-way house, a stop on the way to other forms of direct euthanasia, for example, for incompetent patients by advance directive or suicide in the elderly. So, too, is voluntary euthanasia a half-way house to involuntary and non... See More

MIchael Hudson, Economist. Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

disagrees Basic Income

The problem’s not only income, but what people have to spend it on. Paine didn’t talk about universal income, he talked about everybody should have the right to a place to live, a means of their own self-support. That’s independent from income. Once you economize and financialize it, you put in a distortion. You don’t want to give people income to buy what really should be public goods and servic... See More

Ben Goertzel,

disagrees AI will pose a serious risk to society within the next 50 years

Bostrom and Yudkowsky’s arguments for existential risk have some logical foundation, but are often presented in an exaggerated way

Paul Volcker,

agrees Carbon Tax

Martin Varsavsky, Spanish businessman

disagrees Brexit

Opinions from New York University's alumni

Alan Greenspan, American economist

MIchael Hudson, Economist. Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Edmund Pellegrino, Bioethicist

MIchael Hudson, Economist. Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Ben Goertzel,

Paul Volcker,

Martin Varsavsky, Spanish businessman

Carole Bayer Sager, Singer, songwriter

Lady Gaga, American singer and songwriter

Bethenny Frankel, American talk show host and entrepreneur

Christy Turlington, American model

Barrett Pall, Fashion model

Georgina Bloomberg, Daughter of new york city mayor michael bloomberg

Sarah Silverman, American comedian and actress

Michael Showalter, American comedian

Aubrey Plaza, Actress, comedian

Ilana Glazer, American comedian

Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, writer, and director

Forest Whitaker, American actor

Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor

Sheetal Sheth, American actress, and producer

Taylor Schilling, American actress

Meg Ryan, American actress and producer

Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress, fashion designer, producer, author, and businesswoman

Ashley Olsen, Actor from usa

Donna Murphy, American actress, singer

Matthew Morrison, Actor

Debra Messing, American actress

Idina Menzel, Us-american actress, voice actress, singer, and songwriter

Katie Lowes, Actress

Deirdre Lovejoy, American actress

Zoe Lister-Jones, Actress, screenwriter

Heather Lind, American actress

John Leguizamo, Puertorrican actor, film producer, voice artist, and comedian

Steve Kazee, American actor

Eve Hewson, Irish actress

Anne Hathaway, American actress

Marcia Gay Harden, American actress

Bryan Greenberg, American actor and musician

Harry Ford, American actor

Dakota Fanning, American actress

Jack Falahee, American actor

Raúl Esparza, American stage actor and also married to blissana esparza

Lisa Edelstein, Actress, playwright

Julie Benz, American actress

Laura Benanti, American actress

Ashley Argota, Actress, singer

Damon Lindelof, American film producer and writer

Tony Kushner, American playwright and screenwriter

Julie Klausner, American writer