Perry, George L., 1934-

George L. Perry is an American economist, currently a Senior Fellow emeritus at the Brookings Institution. In 1970, he and Arthur Okun founded the Brookings Panel and its journal, the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA). They conceived the Panel as a way to apply rigorous economic research to current economic puzzles, problems and policy issues. In his own research, Perry specializes in labor markets, inflation, fiscal and monetary policy, financial markets, and economic forecasting. (Source: Wikipedia)