Robert J. Shiller is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics at Yale University. Also the author of the award-winning "Macro Markets" as well as "Market Volatility", he lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Jason Burke is the prize-winning Chief Reporter for "The Observer," London. He saw many of the key events described in this book at first hand.
Nick Fielding is a former senior investigative reporter at the Sunday Times in London, where he specialized in covering stories on terrorism and intelligence issues. He currently reports on Afghanistan.