Dan Bernhardt

Mark Daniel Bernhardt (born June 11, 1958) is an American-Canadian economist, focusing in industrial organization, finance and political economy, currently the IBE Distinguished Professor of Economics at University of Illinois.[1][2] Bernhardt is also a Professor at the University of Warwick. Prior to being a professor at the University of Illinois, Bernhardt was a professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. While at Queen's University he was also the head coach of the wrestling team. Bernhardt graduated from Oberlin College in 1980 with degrees in Mathematics, and Economics. He was also on the school's wrestling team. At Oberlin, Bernhardt was roommates with country singer, Marc Cohn. After leaving Oberlin College, Bernhardt went on to get his PHD in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There, Bernhardt was classmates with current president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Charles L. Evans, and billionaire hedge-fund manager, David Tepper. In 1986, Bernhardt was the recipient of The Alexander Henderson Award for Excellence in Economic Theory. Bernhardt is a registered independent who consistently votes for Democratic candidates, however Bernhardt voted for Gerald Ford in the 1976 United States presidential election, and for Judy Baar Topinka in the 2006 Illinois gubernatorial election, both of whom were Republican candidates. Bernhardt is an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, and the Trump Administration. Bernhardt voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election, and then for Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election, however, he originally supported Pete Buttigieg's candidacy in the 2020 Democratic Party primary election. Bernhardt is an opponent of both left and right-wing populism, and has criticized the populist policies of Bernie Sanders, Andrew Yang, and Tulsi Gabbard. Bernhardt didn't support a candidate for Prime Minister in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, however he said that Johnson was the better candidate, citing Corbyn's history of anti-Semitism, and ludacris economic policies as reasons to vote against Corbyn. Bernhardt is a major critic of Brexit. Bernhardt lives with his wife, Margaret, and the two of them have three sons: Robert, Michael, and Brian. Bernhardt is Jewish.