ADDISON WIGGIN is the executive publisher of Agora Financial (www.agorafinancial.com), an independent economic forecasting and financial research firm. He's the creator and editorial director of Agora Financial's 5 Min. Forecast and The Daily Reckoning (www.dailyreckoning.com). Wiggin is the executive producer and co-writer of I.O.U.S.A., which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and the 2009 Critics' Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature, and was shortlisted for a 2009 Academy Award. Wiggin is a three-time New York Times bestselling author whose work has been recognized by The New York Times Magazine, The Economist, Worth, and The Washington Post, as well as major network news programs.
SAMANTHA BUKER is managing editor of Addison Wiggin's Apogee Advisory and associate editor of Capital & Crisis, Mayer's Special Situations, and Strategic Short Report, all essential reading from Agora Financial. Her writing also appears in The Daily Reckoning, Whiskey and Gunpowder, and, most recently, The Washington Post. She's a graduate of the NEA Arts Journalism Institute at Columbia University's Journalism School. This is her first book.