Glenn Hubbard

In a short 30 minutes, Dr. Glenn Hubbard and I spoke about the US government deficit, the debt ceiling, and how the debt-limit deal between Democrats and Republicans wouldn’t solve the fundamental problem of unsustainable debt. We also discussed the value of college education, the meaning of work, the problems with the current economics PhD education, and many more.

Dr. Hubbard’s Bio:

Glenn Hubbard is a professor at the Columbia University, Graduate School of Business. He is a specialist in public economics, managerial information and incentive problems in corporate finance, and financial markets and institutions.

He has written more than 100 articles and books on corporate finance, investment decisions, banking, energy economics and public policy, including two textbooks, and has authored The Wall and the Bridge and coauthored Balance, The Aid Trap, and Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise.  

Dr. Hubbard served as the Chair of the US Council of Economic Advisers under the George W. Bush administration. He also served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department and as a consultant to the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and many government agencies.