Gregg Easterbrook is a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, The Atlantic Monthly and The New Republic and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. His most recent book is The Progress Paradox Random House 2004). Other books include A Moment on the Earth (Penguin, 1996) and Beside Still Waters (Quill, 1999). He is married to Nan Kennelly, a U.S. diplomat. They have three children and currently live in Maryland.

—"Gregg Easterbrook's The Progress Paradox is a book you must read." — (Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google).