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'''Glenn Cartman Loury''' is an American [[economist]], academic, and author. He is the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at [[Brown University]], where he has taught since 2005.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Glenn Loury &#124; Watson Institute |url=https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/loury}}</ref> At the age of 33, Loury became the first [[African American]] professor of economics at [[Harvard University]] to gain [[tenure]].
'''Glenn Cartman Loury''', (born September 3, 1948<ref> https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/loury-glenn-1948</ref>) is an American [[economist]], academic, and author. He is the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at [[Brown University]], where he has taught since 2005.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Glenn Loury &#124; Watson Institute |url=https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/loury}}</ref> At the age of 33, Loury became the first [[African American]] professor of economics at [[Harvard University]] to gain [[tenure]].


Loury achieved prominence during the [[Reagan Era]] as a leading [[Black conservatism in the United States|black conservative]] intellectual.<ref name="aboutFace" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill Moyers Journal . Patterson and Loury on Race in America {{!}} PBS|url=http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/06202008/profile.html|access-date=2022-01-18|website=www.pbs.org}}</ref> In the mid-1990s, following a period of seclusion, he adopted more progressive views.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |author=Robert Boynton |date=1 May 1995 |title=Loury's Exodus: A profile of Glenn Loury |url=http://www.robertboynton.com/articleDisplay.php?article_id=25 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=2008-10-31}}</ref> Loury has somewhat re-aligned with views of the [[Conservatism in the United States|American right]], with ''[[The New York Times]]'' describing his political orientation in 2020 as "conservative-leaning."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Powell|first=Michael|date=2020-10-17|title='White Supremacy' Once Meant David Duke and the Klan. Now It Refers to Much More.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/17/us/white-supremacy.html|access-date=2022-01-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brooks|first=David|date=2021-11-18|title=The Terrifying Future of the American Right|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/scary-future-american-right-national-conservatism-conference/620746/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=The Atlantic|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Varadarajan|first=Tunku|date=2020-07-10|title=Opinion {{!}} A Challenger of the Woke 'Company Policy'|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-challenger-of-the-woke-company-policy-11594405846|access-date=2022-01-18|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
Loury achieved prominence during the [[Reagan Era]] as a leading [[Black conservatism in the United States|black conservative]] intellectual.<ref name="aboutFace" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill Moyers Journal . Patterson and Loury on Race in America {{!}} PBS|url=http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/06202008/profile.html|access-date=2022-01-18|website=www.pbs.org}}</ref> In the mid-1990s, following a period of seclusion, he adopted more progressive views.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |author=Robert Boynton |date=1 May 1995 |title=Loury's Exodus: A profile of Glenn Loury |url=http://www.robertboynton.com/articleDisplay.php?article_id=25 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=2008-10-31}}</ref> Loury has somewhat re-aligned with views of the [[Conservatism in the United States|American right]], with ''[[The New York Times]]'' describing his political orientation in 2020 as "conservative-leaning."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Powell|first=Michael|date=2020-10-17|title='White Supremacy' Once Meant David Duke and the Klan. Now It Refers to Much More.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/17/us/white-supremacy.html|access-date=2022-01-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brooks|first=David|date=2021-11-18|title=The Terrifying Future of the American Right|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/scary-future-american-right-national-conservatism-conference/620746/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=The Atlantic|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Varadarajan|first=Tunku|date=2020-07-10|title=Opinion {{!}} A Challenger of the Woke 'Company Policy'|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-challenger-of-the-woke-company-policy-11594405846|access-date=2022-01-18|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Loury was born in the South Side of [[Chicago, Illinois]], growing up in a [[Redlining|redlined]] neighborhood. Before going to college he fathered two children, and supported them with a job in a printing plant. When he wasn't working he took classes at [[Olive–Harvey College|Southeast Junior College]], where he won a scholarship to study at Northwestern University.<ref name=selfbio>{{cite journal |author=Angelica Spertini | url=http://www.econ.brown.edu/fac/Glenn%5FLoury/louryhomepage/cvandbio/GL%20BIO%2006.pdf | title=Glenn C. Loury Biography | date=2006-05-15 | access-date=2008-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography of Glenn C. Loury|url=https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Economics/Faculty/Glenn_Loury/louryhomepage/cvandbio/GL%20bio%20new.pdf}}</ref> In 1972, he received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in mathematics from [[Northwestern University]]. He received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in economics from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in 1976, writing his dissertation, "Essays in the Theory of the Distribution of Income", under the supervision of [[Robert Solow|Robert M. Solow]].<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Essays in the theory of the distribution of income.|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/27456|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|date=1976|language=en-US|first=Glenn Cartman|last=Loury|hdl=1721.1/27456}}</ref> At MIT he met his future wife, [[Linda Datcher Loury]].<ref name="obit">{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/10/02/linda_datcher_loury_59_pioneer_in_social_economics/|title=Linda Datcher Loury, 59, pioneer in social economics|first=Bryan|last=Marquard|newspaper=Boston.com |date=October 2, 2011|via=The Boston Globe}}</ref>
Loury was born on September 3, 1948 in the South Side of [[Chicago, Illinois]], growing up in a [[Redlining|redlined]] neighborhood. Before going to college he fathered two children, and supported them with a job in a printing plant. When he wasn't working he took classes at [[Olive–Harvey College|Southeast Junior College]], where he won a scholarship to study at Northwestern University.<ref name=selfbio>{{cite journal |author=Angelica Spertini | url=http://www.econ.brown.edu/fac/Glenn%5FLoury/louryhomepage/cvandbio/GL%20BIO%2006.pdf | title=Glenn C. Loury Biography | date=2006-05-15 | access-date=2008-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography of Glenn C. Loury|url=https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Economics/Faculty/Glenn_Loury/louryhomepage/cvandbio/GL%20bio%20new.pdf}}</ref> In 1972, he received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in mathematics from [[Northwestern University]]. He received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in economics from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in 1976, writing his dissertation, "Essays in the Theory of the Distribution of Income", under the supervision of [[Robert Solow|Robert M. Solow]].<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Essays in the theory of the distribution of income.|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/27456|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|date=1976|language=en-US|first=Glenn Cartman|last=Loury|hdl=1721.1/27456}}</ref> At MIT he met his future wife, [[Linda Datcher Loury]].<ref name="obit">{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/10/02/linda_datcher_loury_59_pioneer_in_social_economics/|title=Linda Datcher Loury, 59, pioneer in social economics|first=Bryan|last=Marquard|newspaper=Boston.com |date=October 2, 2011|via=The Boston Globe}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==

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Not to be confused with the art historian and museum director, Glenn D. Lowry.
Glenn Loury
Loury in 2012
Born
Glenn Cartman Loury

(1948-09-03) September 3, 1948 (age 75)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationNorthwestern University (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
SpouseLinda Datcher Loury
Children4
Academic career
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Boston University
Brown University
Harvard University
FieldSocial economics
Doctoral
advisor		Robert Solow[1]
InfluencesGary Becker
Thomas Sowell
ContributionsCoate-Loury model
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Glenn Cartman Loury, (born September 3, 1948[2]) is an American economist, academic, and author. He is the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University, where he has taught since 2005.[3] At the age of 33, Loury became the first African American professor of economics at Harvard University to gain tenure.

Loury achieved prominence during the Reagan Era as a leading black conservative intellectual.[4][5] In the mid-1990s, following a period of seclusion, he adopted more progressive views.[6] Loury has somewhat re-aligned with views of the American right, with The New York Times describing his political orientation in 2020 as "conservative-leaning."[7][8][9]

Early life and education

Loury was born on September 3, 1948 in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, growing up in a redlined neighborhood. Before going to college he fathered two children, and supported them with a job in a printing plant. When he wasn't working he took classes at Southeast Junior College, where he won a scholarship to study at Northwestern University.[10][11] In 1972, he received his B.A. degree in mathematics from Northwestern University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1976, writing his dissertation, "Essays in the Theory of the Distribution of Income", under the supervision of Robert M. Solow.[12] At MIT he met his future wife, Linda Datcher Loury.[13]

Career

Loury became an assistant professor of economics at Northwestern University after receiving his doctorate. In 1979, he moved to teach at the University of Michigan, and was promoted to full professor of economics in 1980. In 1982, at age 33, Loury became the first black tenured professor of economics in the history of Harvard University.[4] He moved to Harvard's Kennedy School of Government after two years.[14] While at Kennedy school he would befriend William Bennett and Bill Kristol[4] (He later said in an interview that his economics appointment was a mistake because he "wasn’t yet fully established as a scientist".[15])

In 1987, Loury was under consideration to be an Undersecretary of Education in the Reagan administration. He withdrew from consideration on June 1, three days before citing personal reasons.[16]

After a subsequent period of seclusion and self-reflection, Loury reemerged as a born-again Christian and described himself as a "black progressive."[17] Loury left Harvard in 1991 to go to Boston University, where he headed the Institute on Race and Social Division. In 2005, Loury left Boston University for Brown University, where he was named a professor in the Economics Department, and a research associate of the Population Studies and Training Center.

Loury's areas of study include applied microeconomic theory: welfare economics, game theory, industrial organization, natural resource economics, and the economics of income distribution. In addition to economics, he has also written extensively on the themes of racial inequality and social policy.[18] Loury testified on racial issues before the Senate Banking Committee on March 4, 2021.[19] and presented at the Bruce D. Benson Center Lecture Series at the University of Colorado Boulder on February 8, 2021.[citation needed]

Loury hosts The Glenn Show on his Substack with John McWhorter, often regarding questions of race and education.[20][non-primary source needed]

Political positions

On a 2017 episode of the Sam Harris podcast Waking Up, Loury stated that while he used to be "a Reagan conservative", he now thought of himself as a "centrist Democrat, or maybe a mildly right-of-center Democrat."[21] The New York Times described Loury as "conservative-leaning" and The Wall Street Journal described Loury as a “Reagan Republican”.[22][23]

He has spoken out in opposition to cancel culture.[24] On January 9, 2007, Loury spoke out against increasing the number of troops in Iraq.[25]

Presidential elections and candidates

Loury was opposed to Barack Obama in his 2008 presidential run.[26] He continued to criticize Obama as president calling his tenure “depressing in the extreme".[27] He also criticized Obama's closeness to Al Sharpton.[28]

In 2016, he supported Hillary Clinton.[29] After 2016 United States presidential election, Loury said it was dangerous for people not to recognize Donald Trump as the 45th President. During debates with John McWhorter, Loury defended Donald Trump.[30] During Trump's presidency he doubted claims that Trump was an existential threat to the public. After Trump refused to concede that he lost the 2020 United States presidential election, however, he rebuked Trump.[31] Loury would later blame Trump for the 2021 United States Capitol attack but opposed the second impeachment of Donald Trump.[32]

Race

Loury opposes reparations for slavery and affirmative action.[16][33] He has said that "affirmative action is not the solution, but neither is it the problem".[34] Conversely, he has criticized affirmative action saying, "Affirmative action is dishonest. It’s not about equality, it’s about covering ass".[35][36]

In 1984, Loury drew the attention of critics with "A New American Dilemma", published in The New Republic, a piece in which he addressed what he termed "fundamental failures in black society" such as "the lagging academic performance of black students, the disturbingly high rate of black-on-black crime, and the alarming increase in early unwed pregnancies among blacks".[37]

In June 2020, Loury published a rebuttal to a letter that Brown University president Christina Paxson sent to students and alumni in response to the murder of George Floyd by a policeman. Loury questioned the purpose of Paxson's letter, saying it either "affirmed platitudes to which we can all subscribe, or, more menacingly, it asserted controversial and arguable positions as though they were axiomatic certainties."[38]

Immigration

On immigration, Loury said in an interview segment in The First Measured Century, "There are benefits of immigration, and there are also costs. The benefits in terms of cheaper, eager labor to help we Americans produce the products that we want to consume. The costs are in terms of making it more difficult to equalize the economic circumstances of some Americans who are at the bottom of the heap, because they now have more competition for their labor, as a result of immigration."[39]

Awards and honors

Loury was elected as a member of the Econometric Society in 1994, Vice President of the American Economics Society in 1997, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000, and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2011.[40][41][42] He was elected president of the Eastern Economics Association in 2013. Loury is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a main academic contributor to the 1776 Unites project. He received the Bradley Prize in 2022, and was named the John Kenneth Galbraith Fellow from the American Academy of Political & Social Science for that same year.[43][44]

Personal life

Loury fathered two children as a teenager.[45]

Loury and his wife, Linda Datcher Loury, had two sons together.[45] Linda died in 2011.[13] He has since remarried.[46]

Publications

  • Loury, Glenn (1995). One by One From the Inside Out: Essays and Reviews on Race and Responsibility in America (First ed.). New York: Free Press. ISBN 978-0-02-919441-6.
  • "Social Exclusion and Ethnic Groups: The Challenge to Economics" (PDF). Boston University. 1999.
  • Loury, Glenn (2002). The Anatomy of Racial Inequality. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-00625-6.
  • Loury, Glenn; Modood, Tariq; Teles, Steven (2005). Ethnicity, Social Mobility and Public Policy: Comparing the US and the UK. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82309-8.
  • Loury, Glenn; Karlan, Pamela; Wacquant, Loic; Shelby, Tommie (2008). Race, Incarceration, and American Values. A Boston review book. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-12311-2.

References

  1. ^ Loury, Glenn Cartman (1976). Essays in the Theory of the Distribution of Income (Ph.D.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/27456.
  2. ^ https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/loury-glenn-1948
  3. ^ "Glenn Loury | Watson Institute".
  4. ^ a b c "Glenn Loury's About Face". The New York Times. 20 January 2002. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  5. ^ "Bill Moyers Journal . Patterson and Loury on Race in America | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  6. ^ Robert Boynton (1 May 1995). "Loury's Exodus: A profile of Glenn Loury". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  7. ^ Powell, Michael (2020-10-17). "'White Supremacy' Once Meant David Duke and the Klan. Now It Refers to Much More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  8. ^ Brooks, David (2021-11-18). "The Terrifying Future of the American Right". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  9. ^ Varadarajan, Tunku (2020-07-10). "Opinion | A Challenger of the Woke 'Company Policy'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  10. ^ Angelica Spertini (2006-05-15). "Glenn C. Loury Biography" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-31. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ "Biography of Glenn C. Loury" (PDF).
  12. ^ Loury, Glenn Cartman (1976). Essays in the theory of the distribution of income (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/27456.
  13. ^ a b Marquard, Bryan (October 2, 2011). "Linda Datcher Loury, 59, pioneer in social economics". Boston.com – via The Boston Globe.
  14. ^ Shatz, Adam (2002-01-20). "About Face". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  15. ^ "'Affirmative Action is Not About Equality. It's About Covering Ass.'". 2019-06-17.
  16. ^ a b "Loury's Exodus: A profile of Glenn Loury – Robert S Boynton". Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  17. ^ Boynton, Robert S. (1995-04-24). "LOURY'S EXODUS". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  18. ^ "Glenn Loury, Brown University Population Studies and Training Center".
  19. ^ Loury, Glenn (March 4, 2021). "A Formula for Tyranny and More Racism". City Journal. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  20. ^ "The Glenn Show". glennloury.substack.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  21. ^ Harris, Sam (2020). Making Sense. Bantam Press. p. 215. ISBN 9781787630420.
  22. ^ Powell, Michael (2020-10-17). "'White Supremacy' Once Meant David Duke and the Klan. Now It Refers to Much More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  23. ^ Varadarajan, Tunku (2020-07-10). "Opinion | A Challenger of the Woke 'Company Policy'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  24. ^ Brooks, David (2021-11-18). "The Terrifying Future of the American Right". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  25. ^ "Roundtable: Funding the Iraq War, Somalia". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  26. ^ Staff, The New Republic (2009-02-23). "Glenn Loury And Me On Bloggingheads". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  27. ^ Kennedy, Randall (2020-05-08). "Did Obama Fail Black America?". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  28. ^ Loury, Glenn (2021-06-20). "Obama's Missed Opportunity". Glenn Loury. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  29. ^ "Bloggingheads.tv". Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  30. ^ Loury, Glenn (2021-01-17). "I was wrong about Trump". Glenn Loury. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  31. ^ Elton, Catherine (2022-01-11). "The Interview: Brown University Professor Glenn Loury". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  32. ^ Loury, Glenn (2021-01-17). "I was wrong about Trump". Glenn Loury. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  33. ^ "The Interview: Brown University Professor Glenn Loury". Boston Magazine. 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  34. ^ "Edley - Response". www.theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  35. ^ Perry, Mark (2019-06-21). "Glenn Loury: 'Affirmative action is dishonest. It's not about equality, it's about covering ass'". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  36. ^ https://www.chronicle.com/author/evan-r-goldstein (2019-06-17). "'Affirmative Action Is Not About Equality. It's About Covering Ass.'". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2023-05-21. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)
  37. ^ "LOURY'S EXODUS". The New Yorker. 1995-04-24. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  38. ^ "I Must Object". 16 July 2020.
  39. ^ "First Measured Century: Interview: Glenn Loury". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  40. ^ "Fellows of the Econometric Society 1950 to 2019". The Econometric Society. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  41. ^ "Glenn C. Loury". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  42. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  43. ^ "Bradley Foundation: Glenn Loury, distinguished economist and scholar, selected as a 2022 Bradley Prize winner". Bradley Foundation. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  44. ^ "Seven Eminent Scholars Elected 2022 AAPSS Fellows". The American Academy of Political & Social Science. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  45. ^ a b Shatz, Adam (2002-01-20). "About Face". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  46. ^ @GlennLoury, Twitter, Tweet dated Nov 22, 2021 at 2:15 PM.

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