Antara Haldar is a globetrotting economist, philosopher, and lawyer. She is a professor at the University of Cambridge and visiting faculty at Harvard University. Her internationally syndicated column for Project Syndicate has been published in 150 countries, and her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Times Literary Supplement (London), WIRED, The Independent, and more. She has been a consultant to the United Nations and the World Justice Project, and her award-winning research has been cited by the World Bank, the White House, and other organizations. She lives between London and New York.