HARRY VERYSER is a Professor of Economics at the University of Detroit Mercy and, for many years, was Chairman of the Board and owner of an automotive supply company.

In October of 2003, Professor Veryser was one of ten professors in the United States selected to receive the Will Herberg Award for outstanding faculty service from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. His articles have appeared in The Detroit News, The Intercollegiate Review and The University Bookman. He is the author of Our Economic Crisis: Sources and Solutions. His latest book, It Didn't Have to Be This Way: How Austrian Economics Leads to Peace and Prosperity, is available through Amazon.

Professor Veryser received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Economics and two Master of Arts degrees in Economics and Religious Studies from the University of Detroit, is a member of the Philadelphia Society and serves on the advisory boards of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan.