Author Bios

Anthony Newkirk, a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus, teaches history at Philander Smith College.

Jeffery J. Smith edits The Progress Report  and The Geonomist, which won a Greenlight Award. He is a member of the US Society for Ecological Economics and Mensa. His …

Matthew Saltmarsh is a staff reporter covering European affairs from London for both the International Herald-Tribune and The New York Times.

Bob Sloan is a former offender, Stop ALEC organizer and blogger who has spent the past decade researching the PIE program and its impact on civilian and public sector …

Mario I. Blejer is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Argentina.

Salim Muwakkil is a senior editor of In These Times, where he has worked since 1983. He is the host of ‘The Salim Muwakkil’ show on WVON, Chicago's historic …