Author Bios

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (retired) served 31 years in the U.S. Army. He was chief of staff to secretary of state Colin Powell. He currently teaches government and public policy …

Ravi Batra is a professor of economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. This article is based on his two books, ‘The New Golden Age’ and ‘Greenspan's Fraud.’ His web …

Barbara Koeppel is a freelance investigative reporter based in Washington, D.C.

Christina Jewett, senior correspondent with the Kaiser Health News enterprise team, covers end-of-life and acute care. She spent seven years with The Center for Investigative Reporting, where she worked …