Author Bios

Kristin Rawls is a freelance writer whose work has also appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, GOOD Magazine, Religion Dispatches, Killing the Buddha, Global Comment and elsewhere online.

Sebastian Walker is a correspondent for Al Jazeera English.

Danielle Hawkins is a contributor to Socialist Worker.

John Perkins is the author of The New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hitman and, most recently, Hoodwinked: An Economic Hitman Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded and What …

Thad Williamson is Associate Professor of leadership studies and philosophy, politics, economics and law (PPEL) at the University of Richmond

Steve Dubb Research Director of The Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland

Shihab Rattansi is Al Jazeera's presenter for Inside Story Americas.