Ascension Mejorado is Clinical Professor and Economics Faculty Chair in the Liberal Studies program at New York University, USA. She is co-author with Manuel Roman of Profitability and the Great Recession: The Role of Accumulation Trends in the Financial Crisis (Routledge).

Manuel Roman taught economics at New Jersey City University, USA, for over 25 years and is now retired. He is co-author with Ascension Mejorado of Profitability and the Great Recession: The Role of Accumulation Trends in the Financial Crisis (Routledge). He is the solo author of Heterodox Views of Finance and Cycles in the Spanish Economy and Growth and Stagnation of the Spanish Economy: the Long Wave, 1954-1993.