The alanine aminotransferase (ALT) test is typically used to detect liver injury. It is often ordered in conjunction with aspartate aminotransferase (AST) as part of a liver panel or comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) to screen for and/or help diagnose liver disease.
25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis. Bill Clinton. President Clinton's tenure was characterized by economic prosperity and financial deregulation, which in many ways set the stage for the excesses of recent years. Among his biggest strokes of free-wheeling capitalism was the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, a cornerstone of Depression-era regulation.
One of the weakest economy ever, with heavy recession and inflation, and the Vietnam war finally ending in a major blow to the US. Jimmy Carter: Highly unimpressive, marked by a series of blunders be it the Iranian hostage crisis, 3 Mile Island Nuclear Accident, the OPEC initiated energy crisis in 1979.