Robert Glenn Hubbard (born September 4, 1958) is an American economist and academic. He served as the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business from 2004 to 2019, where he remains the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics.[2] On September 13, 2018, he announced that he would retire from his position after his contract expired on June 30, 2019. Hubbard previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1991 to 1993, and as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2001 to 2003.
Glenn Hubbard | |
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| 15th Dean of Columbia Business School | |
| In office July 1, 2004 – July 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Meyer Feldberg |
| Succeeded by | Costis Maglaras |
| 20th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
| In office May 11, 2001 – February 28, 2003 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Martin Baily |
| Succeeded by | Greg Mankiw |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Glenn Hubbard September 4, 1958 Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Central Florida (BA, BS) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
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| Website | Official website |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Public economics Corporate finance Financial institutions Macroeconomics Industrial organization Natural resource economics Public policy |
| School or tradition | Supply-side economics |
| Doctoral advisor | Benjamin M. Friedman[1] Jerry A. Hausman[1] Martin Feldstein[1] |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Hubbard is a visiting scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, where he studies tax policy and health care.[3] He was criticized for his reports and papers on deregulation during the 2008 banking crisis. He was also heavily criticized in the documentary Inside Job about the credit default swap scams that led to the world financial collapse in 2008.
Early life and education edit
Born September 4, 1958, Hubbard was raised in Apopka, Florida, a suburb of Orlando, Florida. His father taught at a local community college and his mother taught at a high school. Hubbard's younger brother, Gregg, is a member of the country-pop band Sawyer Brown.[4]
Hubbard is an Eagle Scout. A member of the chess team, he graduated at the top of his class. He scored well enough on his College Level Examination Program to enter the University of Central Florida with enough credits to graduate with two degrees in three years. He obtained his B.A. and B.S. degrees summa cum laude from the University of Central Florida in 1979, and his masters and PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1983.[4]
Career edit
Academic edit
Hubbard has been at Columbia University since 1988, being Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics since 1994.[5]
He was named Dean of Columbia Business School on July 1, 2004. During his tenure, the construction of the 11-story Henry R. Kravis Hall was launched.[6]
Government edit
Hubbard was Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1991 to 1993.[3]
From February 2001 until March 2003, Hubbard was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under President George W. Bush. A supply-side economist, he was instrumental in the design of the 2003 Bush Tax cuts.[7]
He was tipped by some media outlets to be a candidate for the position of Chairman of the Federal Reserve when Alan Greenspan retired, although he was not nominated for the position.[7]
Political advisor edit
Hubbard served as economic advisor to the 2012 presidential campaign of Mitt Romney,[8] a position he also held during Romney's 2008 presidential campaign.[9] In August 2012, Politico identified Hubbard as "a likely Romney appointee as Federal Reserve chairman or Treasury secretary".[10][11]
Hubbard was an economic advisor for the Jeb Bush 2016 presidential campaign.[11][12][13][14][15] After Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, Hubbard was mentioned as a potential Treasury secretary (which eventually went to Steven Mnuchin),[16][13] and also as a potential Fed chair, a role expected to become open in February 2018.[17][16] Hubbard had been critical of both Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, including after Bush had suspended his campaign.[18][19][20][21][22] In August 2016, Hubbard declined to say which candidate he supported in the general election,[23] but did say that Trump's taxation plans and their impact on economic growth were in a "direction" somewhat better than Clinton's plans.[24] Hubbard criticized Trump's plans on trade and immigration for their predicted economic impact.[25]
Other edit
Hubbard serves as co-chair of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.
Hubbard is a member of the Board of Directors of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., BlackRock Closed-End Funds, Capmark Financial Corporation, Duke Realty Corporation, KKR Financial Corporation, The TIFIN Group LLC and Ripplewood Holdings. He is also a Director or Trustee of the Economic Club of New York, Tax Foundation, Resources for the Future, Manhattan Council and Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, and a member of the Advisory Board of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse... Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since February 2007.[5]
Hubbard is currently a board member of:
On January 8, 2019, he was appointed to become MetLife's non-executive chairman of the board as of May 1, 2019, upon the retirement of Steven A. Kandarian.[29]
Inside Job interview and aftermath edit
Hubbard was interviewed in Charles Ferguson's Oscar-winning documentary film, Inside Job (2010), discussing his advocacy, as chief economic advisor to the Bush administration, of deregulation. Ferguson argues that deregulation led to the 2008 international banking crisis sparked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch. In the interview, Ferguson asks Hubbard to enumerate the firms from whom he receives outside income as an advisory board member in the context of possible conflict of interest. Hubbard, hitherto cooperative, declines to answer and threatens to end the interview with the remark, "You have three more minutes; give it your best shot."[30] After the release of the film, Columbia ramped up ongoing efforts to strengthen and clarify their conflict of interest disclosure requirements.[31] (Columbia Business School professor Michael Feiner, a member of the faculty committee of Columbia's Sanford C. Bernstein and Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics, has recommended that the film be shown to all business school students.[31])
Books edit
Hubbard is the author of a number of economic and socioeconomic texts, with a focus on deregulation, conservative fiscal policy and taxation. In 2009, he wrote and published The Aid Trap with economist William Duggan Columbia University Press, criticizing the aid system provided by NGOs in western countries as preventing internal growth in poorer nations.[32] In 2013, he published Balance with former intelligence officer and economist Tim Kane.[33]
Columbia Business School (CBS) Follies edit
Hubbard is also frequently featured in skits by Columbia Business School's "Follies" group, ranging from videos of him monitoring students on classroom video cameras[34] to songs about his relationship with presidential candidate Mitt Romney.[35] Hubbard has also publicized his dissatisfaction with Ben Bernanke's nomination as Chair of the Federal Reserve with his comedic YouTube parody of The Police's "Every Breath You Take", titled "Every Breath Bernanke Takes".[36]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Hubbard's CV" (PDF).
- ^ Glater, Jonathan D. (April 1, 2004). "Former Bush Aide Will Lead Columbia Business School". New York Times. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
- ^ a b American Enterprise Institute, R. Glenn Hubbard
- ^ a b Segal, David (October 13, 2012). "Romney's Go-To Economist". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Director – R. Glenn Hubbard". Metlife. R. Glenn Hubbard, Ph.D., age 50, has been the Dean of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University since 2004 and the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics since 1994. Dr. Hubbard has been a professor of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University since 1988. He is also a visiting scholar and Director of the Tax Policy Program for the American Enterprise Institute, and was a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers for the Congressional Budget Office from 2004 to 2006. From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Hubbard served as Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers and as Chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Dr. Hubbard is a member of the Board of Directors of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., BlackRock Closed-End Funds, Capmark Financial Corporation, Duke Realty Corporation, KKR Financial Corporation and Ripplewood Holdings. He is also a Director or Trustee of the Economic Club of New York, Tax Foundation, Resources for the Future, Manhattan Council and Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, and a member of the Advisory Board of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse... Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since February 2007. Link. Retrieved December 15, 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Russell, James S. (January 5, 2023). "At Columbia's $600 Million Business School, Time to Rethink Capitalism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ a b Andrews, Edmund L.; David Leonhardt; Eduardo Porter; Louis Uchitelle (October 26, 2005). "At the Fed, an Unknown Became a Safe Choice". New York Times. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
- ^ White, Ben (March 26, 2015). "Jeb Bush's tricky path to an economic plan". Politico. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ Romney Taps Bush Hands to Shape Economic Policies, February 24, 2012
- ^ "Who's on the inside track for a Romney Cabinet" by MIKE ALLEN and JIM VANDEHEI, Politico, August 28, 2012, Retrieved 2012-08-28
- ^ a b Bloomfield, Mark (October 19, 2015). "The economic advisers behind the candidates". The Hill.
- ^ Crooks, Ed; Fleming, Sam (September 15, 2016). "Donald Trump details plans for tax cuts to boost US economy". Financial Times.
- ^ a b Samuelson, Darren; White, Ben (May 9, 2016). "Trump's empty administration". Politico.
- ^ Belvedere, Matthew J. (October 28, 2015). "Jeb Bush advisor: Trump ideas 'economic flimflam'". Politico.
- ^ Hubbard, Glenn (November 1, 2015). "It's Time for Candidates to Get Serious About the Economy". Politico.
- ^ a b White, Ben (June 13, 2016). "Orlando impact". Politico.
- ^ Liesman, Steve (November 7, 2016). "Clinton to win, but Trump is victor on economy, respondents to CNBC survey". CNBC.
- ^ "Glenn Hubbard: What Clinton and Trump Get Wrong About U.S. Growth". Fortune. April 19, 2016.
- ^ Murray, Alan (April 14, 2016). "Can election 2016 have a happy ending?". Fortune – via Yahoo! Finance.
- ^ "Trump wins Christie backing, marches toward Super Tuesday". Reuters. February 27, 2016.
- ^ Hartley, Jon; Hubbard, Glenn (March 21, 2016). "The Economic Ignorance of Trump and Sanders". National Review.
- ^ Hubbard, Glenn (February 26, 2016). "Do any candidates have an economic plan that would work?". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Leubsdorf, Ben; Morath, Eric; Zumbrun, Josh (August 25, 2016). "Economists Who've Advised Presidents Are No Fans of Donald Trump". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Tankersley, Jim (August 10, 2016). "Donald Trump's new tax plan could have a big winner: Donald Trump's companies". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Sorkin, Andrew Ross (August 8, 2016). "Donald Trump's Economic Team Is Far From Typical". The New York Times.
- ^ "Directors and Corporate Officers". ADP : Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
- ^ "dukerealty.com – Investor Relations – Management". Duke Realty. Retrieved December 15, 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "FiscalNote | Team". Archived from the original on December 3, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ "MetLife (MET) Announces Michel A. Khalaf to Succeed Steven A. Kandarian as President & CEO". Street Insider. January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ^ Transcript excerpt on "A Searing Look At Wall Street In 'Inside Job', Charles Ferguson interviewed by Melissa Block", which aired October 1, 2010 on NPR's All Things Considered. During the program, Ferguson explained to Melissa Block, "Well, the entire interview was fairly contentious, as you can imagine. It surprised me somewhat to realize that these people were not used to being challenged, that they'd never been questioned about this issue before. They clearly expected to be deferred to by me and I think by everybody."
- ^ a b "'Inside Job' prompts new look at conflict of interest policy," Archived December 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine published April 13, 2011, in the Columbia Spectator.
- ^ "The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending... Book by R. Glenn Hubbard".
- ^ Kaplan, Robert D. (August 2, 2013). "Rise and Fall". The New York Times.
- ^ ECHO 360. CBS Follies. December 16, 2011. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
Those ECHO 360 cameras in every room at CBS aren't just recording lectures so you can skip class on Jewish holidays. They're Hubbard's eyes and ears. He's watching you.
- ^ White House Dream. CBS Follies. April 16, 2012. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
From the Columbia Business School Follies Spring 2012 Show
- ^ snouri (April 21, 2006), Every Breath Bernanke Takes, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved March 30, 2016