Bio & Experience
Glenn Hubbard is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where his work is focused on a wide range of economic issues including health care; poverty; public, corporate, and international finance; and financial markets and institutions. A former chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers at the White House, Dr. Hubbard concurrently serves as dean emeritus and Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance at Columbia Business School. He has also served as a deputy assistant secretary at the US Treasury Department and as a consultant to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, among other positions.
Dr. Hubbard has been widely published in academic journals and the popular press, including in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Financial Economic Policy, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. His books include “Balance: The Economics of Great Powers from Ancient Rome to Modern America” (Simon & Schuster, 2013); “The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty” (Columbia University Press, 2009); and “Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System” (AEI Press and Hoover Institution Press, 2005, second edition, 2011).
Dr. Hubbard has a PhD and a master’s in economics from Harvard University. He holds a BS and a BA in economics from the University of Central Florida.
Experience
- Columbia Business School: Dean Emeritus, 2019–present; Dean, 2004–19; Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, 1994–present; Senior Vice Dean, 1994–97; Professor, 1988–94
- The White House: Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, 2001–03
- Harvard Business School: Visiting Professor of Business Administration, 1997–98
- The University of Chicago: John M. Olin Visiting Professor, Center for the Study of Economy and the State, 1994
- American Council for Capital Formation: MCI Fellow, 1994
- US Department of the Treasury: Deputy Assistant Secretary, 1991–93
Education
PhD, AM, economics, Harvard University
BS, BA, economics, University of Central Florida