Glenn Loury

Glenn Loury
Born (1948-09-03) September 3, 1948
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality American
Institution Brown University
Field Social economics
Alma mater MIT (1976)
Northwestern University (1972)
Doctoral
advisor		 Robert Solow[1]
Contributions Coate-Loury Model of affirmative action
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Glenn Cartman Loury (born September 3, 1948) 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.

Biography

Early years

Loury was born in, Chicago, Illinois.[2] 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.

Career

In 1982, at age 33, he became the first black tenured professor of economics in the history of Harvard University.[3]

In 1984, Loury drew the attention of critics with "A New American Dilemma", published in The New Republic, where he addressed what he terms "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."

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, Loury withdrew from consideration on June 1, three days before being charged with assault after a "lover's quarrel" with a 23-year-old woman.[4] Loury was later arrested for possession of cocaine.[5]

After a subsequent period of seclusion and self-reflection, Loury reemerged as a born-again Christian and described himself as a "black progressive".[6] 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.[2]

Loury is a frequent contributor to Bloggingheads.tv, where he hosts The Glenn Show.

Public statements

When the Chicago Police Department announced in early December 2016 that the city's annual homicide rate had exceeded 700 for the first time in two decades, Loury wrote, "Black Lives Matter -- really! In my hometown, Chicago, they are being extirpated at an alarming rate. The discourse about race, violence, and the value of human life has been held hostage to partisanship -- Black Lives Matter vs. Blue Lives Matter. We can do better than that. The election is over. And, the body count mounts. I'm interested now in SOLUTIONS and, frankly, I don't give a damn where they come from. Obama ignored this catastrophe unfolding in his adopted home town for nearly a decade. At the moment, I'm inclined to #GiveTrumpAChance to 'fix it.' Anybody with a better idea? Speak now."[7][8]

Personal life

Loury and his late wife, Tufts economist Linda Datcher Loury, have two sons, Glenn II and Nehemiah. Loury and his first wife, Charlene Loury, have two daughters, Lisa and Tamara. Loury also has a son out of wedlock, Alden Loury.[2]

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 0-02-919441-5.
  • Loury, Glenn (2002). The Anatomy of Racial Inequality. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-00625-9.
  • 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 0-521-82309-9.
  • 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. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Angelica Spertini (2006-05-15). "Glenn C. Loury Biography" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  3. ↑ "Glenn Loury's About Face". The New York Times. 20 January 2002. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  4. ↑ "Harvard Teacher is Free of Charge". The New York Times. 20 August 1987. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  5. ↑ "Harvard Teacher Faces Drug Charges in Boston". The New York Times. 3 December 1987. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  6. ↑ Robert Boynton (1 May 1995). "Loury's Exodus: A profile of Glenn Loury". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  7. ↑ Glenn Loury's Facebook page, "Black Lives Matter", December 2, 2016
  8. ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Chicago tops 700 homicides — with a month to go in violent 2016", December 2, 2016
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