Cameo biographies of these interviewees will be available, as well as brief accounts of the lives and contributions of other indivuiduals who have played significnant roles in the development of the modern global economy, or who have contributed to our understanding of the forces that shape it.

See how contemporary interviewees are presented in this collection of materials about Milton Friedman.

See how historical figures are presented in this biography of Ludwig Erhard.

Persons interviewed for the Commanding Heights program included:

USA
BILL CLINTON Former President of the United States
RICHARD CHENEY Vice President
ROBERT RUBIN Former Secretary of the Treasury
LARRY SUMMERS Former US Secretary of the Treasury
WILLIAM MCDONOUGH President, New York Federal Reserve Bank
GEORGE SCHULTZ Former US Secretary of State
MILTON FRIEDMAN Senior Research Fellow, The Hoover Institution
NEWT GINGRICH Former Speaker of the House
LARRY LINDSEY Director of the US National Economic Council
JAMES WOLFENSOHN President, The World Bank
STANLEY FISCHER First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
PAUL VOLCKER Former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve
PROFESSOR JEFFREY SACHS Professor of Economics & International Trade, Harvard University
AL HARBERGER Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
ALFRED KAHN Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, Cornell University
ANNA LEE SAXENIAN Professor of City & Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
BEN SCHWARTZ Managing Partner, Novus Trading
BEN STEIN Son of Herbert Stein (Economic Advisor to President Richard Nixon)
BILL CRIST President of Californian Public Employees Retirement System (CALPERS)
BILL DRAPER Managing Director, Draper International
CHARLIE BIGELOW Truck Driver
DARREN SMITH Farmer
DAVE JOHNSON AT&T Spokesman
GARY BECKER Professor Economics, Chicago University
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
JAMIE GALBRAITH Professor of Public Affairs, University of Texas, & son of J.K. Galbraith
JOE MCHALE 'Beerman' Aramark Food Services
JOSPEH STANISLAW President, CERA
JON CORZINE US Senator, New Jersey
JUDITH HAMILL Administrator, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
KAY RANDALL Former Fed banking regulator
LAURA TYSON Former Chair of the US National Economic Council
MARY COTTRILL Principle Investment Officer, CALPERS
MOISES NAIM Editor & Publisher, Foreign Policy Magazine
NEMAT SHAFIK Vice President, The World Bank
PETER BOETTKE Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University
P.J. O'ROURKE Writer
RICHARD GEPHARDT Democratic Leader, House of Representatives
SAM PELTZMAN Professor of Economics, University of California
SHELDON HOCHHEISER Corporate Historian, AT&T
SPENCER ECCLES Utah banker, nephew of long-term Fed Chairman
STEPHEN BREYER Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
THEA LEE Assistant Director for International Economics, AFL-CIO
TIM DRAPER Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

CHILE
ALEJANDRO FOXLEY Former Finance Minister
JAVIER VIAL Banker and Speculator
ADMIRAL ROBERTO KELLY Former Planning Ministry/Ministry of the Economy
OSVALDO SUNKEL Professor of Economics, Director Centro de Analisis de Politicas Publicas
SERGIO DE CASTRO Former Economics and Finance Minister

MEXICO
VICENTE FOX President of Mexico
EDUCARDO SOJO Public Policy coordinator of the Mexican presidency
JORGE CASTANEDA Foreign Minister of Mexico

BOLIVIA
GONZALO SANCHEZ DE LOSADA Former President of Bolivia
JORGE QUIROGA RAMIREZ President of Bolivia

PERU
HERNANDO DE SOTO Founder & Director of Institute for Liberty & Democracy

UNITED KINGDOM
GORDON BROWN Chancellor of the Exchequer
LORD KENNETH BAKER Former Conservative MP, Department of Trade & Industry (DTI)
LORD DAVID YOUNG Former Conservative MP, Department of Trade & Industry (DTI)
LORD PARKINSON Former Conservative MP & Conservative Party Chairman
LORD CHARLES POWELL Foreign Policy advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
LORD ROBERT SKIDELSKY Biographer of John Maynard Keynes
LORD TEBBIT Former Conservative MP and Leader House of Commons
LORD VINSON Co-founder & Treasurer of the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)
SIR ALAN WALTERS Chief Economics Advisor to Margaret Thatcher
SIR ALFRED SHERMAN Founder & Director of Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)
BARBARA CASTLE Former Labour MP
JOHN CAMPBELL Biographer of Margaret Thatcher
JOHN REDWOOD Conservative MP and Head of Prime Minister's Policy Unit
KEITH BOYFIELD Writer and Fellow of Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)
KEN CAPSTICK Former VP National Union of Miners (NUM)
LAURENCE HAYEK Son of Friedrich von Hayek
MARK GARNETT Biographer of Keith Joseph
MILO KEYNES Nephew of John Maynard Keynes
LORD RALPH HARRIS Former Director of Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)
TONY BENN Former Labour MP
OLEG GORDIEVSKY KGB Double Agent
PROFESSOR HARCOURT Professor of Economics Cambridge University

POLAND
LECH WALESA Former President of Poland
LESZEK BALCEROWICZ Former Minister of Finance & Deputy Prime Minister
JAN BIELECKI Former Prime Minister of Poland
MIECZYSLAW RAKOWSKI Former Communist Prime Minister
FATHER PRALAT JANKOWSKI Parish Priest of Gdansk and confessor to Lech Walesa
ZOFIA BIELCZYK Entrepreneur & former Olympic athlete
ZYGMUNT WRZODAK Solidarity Union Leader for Ursus Factory

INDIA
P. CHIDAMBARAM Former Finance/Commerce Minister
YASHWANT SINHA Honourable Finance Minister
MANMOHAN SINGH Leader of Opposition
NARAYANA MURTHY Founder, Infosys Technologies
NAINA LAL KIDWAI Vice Chairman JM Morgan Stanley
NANDAN NILEKANI Director/President Infosys Technologies
JAIRAM RAMESH Secretary Congress Party
LORD PROFESSOR DESAI Professor of Economics at LSE Centre for Global Governance

TANZANIA
BENJAMIN MKAPA President
JIM ADAMS Resident Representative of the World Bank
LESLIE OMARI Managing Director, Tanzania Coffee Board
MAMA KUKU Head of the Good Hope charity
GABRIEL ULOMI Manager of Kilimanjaro Native Co-operative Union
AUNY RAJABALI Entrepreneur & director of cashew nut exporting
MUSHTAK FAZAL Entrepreneur & director of cashew nut exporting

RUSSIA
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV Former President of Russia
ANATOLI CHUBAIS Former First Deputy Prime Minister
YEGOR GAIDAR Former Prime Minister
GRIGORII YAVLINKSY Economics & former Deputy Prime Minister
BORIS JORDAN Investment banker, Director of Sputnik Group
ALEXANDER KHLOPONIN Former Director General of Norilsk Nickel
KLAVDIIYA KHOMUTOVA Norilsk housewife
LILIA SHEVTSOVA Senior Associate, Carnegie Moscow Centre
VLADIMIR POTANIN Moscow financier & President of Interros
ANATOLY KARACHINSKY entrepreneur
VALERII KOVALCHUK entrepreneur
VASILY ROMASHKIN former gulag prisoner
VICTOR ANPILOV Chief and Leader of Executive Committee of 'Labour Russia' party
YELENA KHRUPENKOVA former worker at Bolshevik Biscuit Factory
YURI KHAMUTOV Norilsk Nickel factory worker

GERMANY
KARL OTTO POHL former President of Bundesbank
DR. ALFRED BOSCH Economist and friend of Friedrich von Hayek
DR. REINHOLD VEIT Economist & Friend of Friedrich von Hayek
ISABEL MUEHLFUNZL Economist & Friend of Friedrich von Hayek

AUSTRIA
DR. ZLABLINGER Economist & friend of Friedrich von Hayek

CANADA
NAOMI KLEIN Author, No Logo
GRETCHEN KING Media activist & globalization protester

HONG KONG
LEE CHUP YEN Human rights activist
KHIEM DO Head of Asian equities, Baring Asset Management

SINGAPORE
LEE KUAN YEW Senior Minister
LEE HSIEN LOONG son of Lee Kuan Yew & Deputy Prime Minister
MARK MOBIUS Investment banker, President of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund

THAILAND
ANAND PANYARACHUN Former Prime Minister
KORN DABBARANSI former Deputy Prime Minister
SIRIVAT VORAVETVUTHIKUN entrepreneur
BANDID NITJATAVORN Deputy Governor, Bank of Thailand
PANJIT & CHAMNAN NIYOMDET Jewelry factory workers

JAPAN
EISUKE SAKAKIBARA Professor of Keio University & former minister of Finance for Int. Affairs
GLEN FUKUSHIMA President & CEO, Cadence Design Systems
KEN COURTIS Vice President, Goldman Sachs Asia
KAORI MARUYA Minister of State, Japan Foreign Ministry
MASAHISA NAITOH Executive Vice President, Itochu Corporation

CHINA
BONKO CHAN Vice Chairman, JHJ International Transportation Co., Ltd.
KENNY CHOW President, Bo-an Bicycle Company
DAVID LEE Entrepreneur/Investment banker & Managing Director, Pacific Capital Group
TONY ZHANG Entrepreneur
LAN ZHI XIANG Factory worker, Bo-an Bicycle Factory
LIN SHENGXIN Factory worker, Bo-an Bicycle Factory
DENG XINGHO Factory worker, Bo-an Bicycle Factory
HAN BIFANG Factory worker, Bo-an Bicycle Factory

MALAYSIA
DR. MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD Prime Minister