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Mark J. Perry

Affiliation: University of Michigan

Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan.

He holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University in Washington, D.C. and an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

Since 1997, Professor Perry has been a member of the Board of Scholars for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonpartisan research and public policy institute in Michigan.

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Mark J. Perry's Latest Articles | 244

Social Security: Let’s Privatize It

Sep 21, 2011| 1

The debate about whether or not Social Security is a Ponzi scheme is probably less important of an issue than a discussion about the ultimate and real solution to... Read »

Mortgage Rates Fall to New Record Lows

Sep 15, 2011| 

Freddie Mac reported today that the average rate on 30-year fixed mortgages fell to 4.09% this week, down from 4.12% last week, and the lowest rate since the early... Read »

Watch Out for Political Solution to Non-Problems

Sep 1, 2011| 

Here’s some editing of John Huntsman’s recent comments: “When I was born in 1960, manufacturing agriculture comprised 25 four percent of our GDP.... Read »

It’s Time to Deregulate: Americans Should Be Able to Sell Stuff Without Permission from Government

Aug 31, 2011| 

From Conor Friedersdorf, associate editor at The Atlantic: “The normal mindset among U.S. officials is that prior permission should be required to sell legal... Read »

Corn Ethanol Scam: A Profilgate Biofuel Policy

Aug 16, 2011| 

Robert Bryce writing in today’s Washington Examiner: “Today, about 40 percent of all U.S. corn — that’s 15 percent of global corn production... Read »

The Top 20 Political “Heavy Hitters” Lean Democrat

Aug 12, 2011| 

Top 20 Political Donors, 1989-2010 Rank Organization Total Donations, 1989-2010 Dem % Rep % 1 ActBlue $52,572,081 99% 0% 2 American Federation of State,... Read »

U.S. Consumers Spend < 2% on “Made in China”

Aug 11, 2011| 

A new paper from the San Francisco Fed “The U.S. Content of ‘Made in China‘” has been getting a lot of blog attention, see Matt Yglesias,... Read »

Ethanol Now Consumes More Than 50% of U.S. Corn

Jul 13, 2011| 

Financial Times — “U.S. ethanol refiners are consuming more domestic corn than livestock and poultry farmers for the first time, underscoring how a... Read »

Excluding Distressed Home Sales, CoreLogic Index Shows That Home Prices Are Increasing in 20 States

Jun 10, 2011| 

The company CoreLogic calculates and reports a monthly home price index (HPI), similar to the Case-Shiller Home Price index, and is being featured on CD for the... Read »

NY Fed Model: 1-in-167 Chance of 2012 Double-Dip

Jun 6, 2011| 

The New York Federal Reserve recently updated its “Probability of U.S. Recession Predicted by Treasury Spread” with treasury yield data through May... Read »

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