Perry Day Quick, 61; senior staff economist in Carter and Reagan administrations
Perry Day Quick, a senior staff economist for the Council of Economic Advisers during the Carter and Reagan administrations, died of colorectal cancer Tuesday at his home in Washington. He was 61.
Quick also worked as a senior economist for the Federal Reserve Board and helped shape Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart’s economic policy for his campaign. He also served on the Democratic Leadership Council.
Asked how he could serve such different administrations as those of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, Quick said Democrats and Republicans generally treated sound economic advice the same way: by ignoring it.
Quick was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Cornell University and went on to Stanford University, where he received a master’s degree in business in 1972 and a doctorate in economics in 1980.
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