Glenn Loury
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Glenn C. Loury (born September 3, 1948) is a professor of economics at Brown University. He is considered a brilliant but controversial figure. He is from the south side of Chicago, Illinois.[1] In 1972, he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Northwestern University. In 1976 he received his Ph.D. in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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[edit] Career
At age 33, he was the youngest black professor of economics ever tenured at Harvard University.
In 1984, Loury created controversy with "A New American Dilemma," an article in the The New Republic in which he addressed "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." This article brought attention and prominence, especially in conservative circles.
In 1987, Loury's career continued its ascent when he was selected to be the next Undersecretary of Education, a position which would have made him the second-highest-ranking black person in the Reagan administration. However, that same year, Loury was discovered to be carrying on an affair with Pamela Foster. Loury was later arrested for possession of cocaine.[2] An article in The New Yorker during 1995 said that Loury "was emerging as exactly the kind of person he had warned black America to avoid."
Since 1987, Loury has reemerged after reclusive self-reflection as a born-again Christian and repositioned himself as a "black progressive." Loury left Harvard in 1991 to go across town 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 of economics, a research associate of the Population Studies and Training Center, and given a courtesy appointment in Africana studies.
Loury areas of study include applied microeconomic theory: welfare economics, game theory, industrial organization, natural resource economics, and the economics of income distribution.[1]
[edit] Publications
Loury is the author of over 200 articles, essays, and reviews.[1]. Books he has published include:
- One by One From the Inside Out: Essays and Reviews on Race and Responsibility in America (1995, ISBN 0-02-919441-5)
- winner of the American Book Award and the Christianity Today Book Award
- The Anatomy of Racial Inequality (2002, ISBN 0-674-00625-9); considered more progressive than his earlier work; argues that a "racial stigma" prevents blacks from advancing in society
- Ethnicity, Social Mobility and Public Policy: Comparing the US and the UK (2005, ISBN 0-521-82309-9) with Tariq Modood and Steven Teles
[edit] Personal life
Loury and his wife Linda have two sons, Glenn II and Nehemiah.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Biography posted on Loury's homepage, a bit outdated
- ^ New York Times article, Dececmber 3, 1987
[edit] External links
- Glenn Loury's homepage at Brown University
