The Director of the Earth Institute, Jeffrey Sachs, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, and Indian businessmen Baba Kalyani and Sunil Bharti Mittal are the recipients of this year’s Global Economy Prize that will be awarded on June 21st in Germany. The Global Economy Prize is awarded annually by the German Kiel Institute for the world Economy, the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the City of Kiel to economists, politicians, and businesspeople that have made outstanding contributions to promoting a globally open, market-based society. It is meant to stimulate a dialog between large societal groups with a view to finding ways to meet global economic challenges.