Robert Solomon, a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution, was for many years the chief international economist at the Federal Reserve Board. He is the author of the classic books The International Monetary System, 1945-1981 (Harper and Row) and The Transformation of the World Economy (Macmillan and St. Martin's Press). He is the publisher of International Economic Letter, a monthly analysis that goes to major central banks, international institutions,...

Conventional wisdom suggests there is a sharp distinction between emotion and reason. Emotions are seen as inferior, disruptive, primitive, and even bestial forces. These 24 remarkable lectures suggest otherwise-that emotions have intelligence and provide personal strategies that are vitally important to our everyday lives of perceiving, evaluating, appraising, understanding, and acting in the world. Take a tour of Professor Solomon's more than three-decade-long...

As the home to big ideas, The Great Courses has produced thousands of lectures that have introduced millions of lifelong learners to some of the biggest ideas out there. Now, enjoy 36 lectures specially curated from some of our most popular courses and get a fresh learning experience in a wide range of disciplines. How does electromagnetic radiation traveling at 186,000 miles per second tell us everything we need to know about the distant stars?

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