Strong Harvard Showing in Foreign Policy's Top 100 Thinkers

Foreign Policy magazine has published its first annual list of the "Top 100 Global Thinkers," and guess what! Some Harvard professors and graduates made the cut—four of them in the top 10.

Ben S. Bernanke '75 came in at the top of the list for insignificant achievements, such as saving the U.S. economy from collapse.

Harvard Law School Professor Cass R. Sunstein, now on leave at the White House, landed number 7 on the list for his works on crafting policy to effect changes in behavior.

Rounding out the top of the list from Cambridge were HLS graduate President Barack Obama (2)—an odd choice, we know—and economist and Harvard Ph.D. Nouriel Roubini (4).

Surprised more of your favorite professors didn't land in the single digits? Don't worry—there is no need to transfer to Yale—more faculty members including Nicholas Christakis (50), Niall C.D Ferguson (56), Amartya Sen (58), and Samantha Power (80) got a spot on the elite list.