Ravi Batra is the author of "Greenspan's Fraud" as well as the international bestsellers, "The Downfall" "of Capitalism and Communism, The Great Depression of 1990", and "The Myth of Free Trade". He is professor of economics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Batra has been profiled in such publications as "The" "New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, "and "Newsweek", among others, and has appeared on CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC, CNBC, and other networks.