About the Author

Lloyd J. Dumas is Professor of Political Economy, Economics and Public Policy at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dumas' eight books include The Peacekeeping Economy: Using Economic Relationships to Build a More Peaceful, Prosperous, and Secure World (Yale University) and The Technology Trap: Where Human Error and Malevolence Meet Powerful Technologies (Praeger). He has published over 120 articles in 11 languages in books and journals of seven disciplines, and periodicals such as New York Times and International Herald Tribune. He has been quoted in Business Week, the Financial Times, and Barron's, and he has appeared on more than 300 TV and radio programs in the US and around the world.