William Greider is the bestselling author of five previous books, including "One World, Ready or Not" (on the global economy), "Who Will Tell the People" (on American politics), and "Secrets of the Temple" (on the Federal Reserve). A reporter for forty years, he has written for "The Washington Post" and "Rolling Stone" and has been an on-air correspondent for six "Frontline" documentaries on PBS. Currently the national affairs correspondent for "The Nation, " he lives in Washington, D.C.