Mark Flowers is a father of two, professor of Economics, and the president of One Billion Drops Inc. (a start-up non-profit organization focused on easing the coordination of NGO efforts to alleviate world poverty). He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics and a Master of Science degree in Economics, both from Florida State University. Mark has written several articles on controversial topics in politics and economics, many of which can be found on his blog, Modern Sense and Economics, which can be accessed at www.ModernSense.net. He has appeared on Huffington Post Live, been featured on Ramble and Rumble with Rabbi, and was a guest on the Dr. Sinclair Grey show. Mark regularly attends economics conferences, has presented chapters from this book at local and regional meetings, and he has been a discussant for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.