Dean Baker, Codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C., is author of Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economyand The Conservative Nanny State.He also writes a popular blog on economic reporting, Beat the Press, for The American Prospect.
Thomas Frank is the author of Pity the Billionaire, The Wrecking Crew, What's the Matter with Kansas, One Market Under God and others. Frank is a former opinion columnist for The Wall Street Journal and is the founding editor of The Baffler and a monthly columnist for Harper's.