Oonagh McDonald CBE, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oonagh_McDonald) a member of the British Parliament from 1976 to 1987 and the author of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Turning the American Dream into a Nightmare, tells how the American mortgage crisis caused the worldwide recession. (http://lfb.org/shop/economics/fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-turning-the-american-dream-into-a-nightmare)
Bonner R. Cohen, (http://www.NationalCenter.org/bios/cohen.html) a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, warns how a trade association, the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), is threatening business in the name of sustainability. (http://www.NationalCenter.org/NPA651.html)