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Entrepreneurial innovation is the lifeblood of growth, living standards, and dynamism. Aspirations for renewed economic vigor are really aspirations for continued innovation. But how does this happen?  The lecture focuses on three questions: What is an “entrepreneur”? What ties entrepreneurship to economic growth? And what public policies best support entrepreneurial innovation? (Hint: Not the ones being debated in the 2016 campaign).  Dean Hubbard will close with some observations on the special roles colleges and universities can play in the entrepreneurial process.

Glenn Hubbard is dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School.  Hubbard received his BA and BS degrees summa cum laude from the University of Central Florida and also holds AM and PhD degrees in economics from Harvard University. 

In addition to writing more than 100 scholarly articles in economics and finance, Glenn is the author of three popular textbooks, as well as co-author of The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty, Balance: The Economics of Great Powers From Ancient Rome to Modern America, and Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System.  His commentaries appear in Business Week, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Washington Post, Nikkei, and the Daily Yomiuri, as well as on television and radio.

From 2001 until 2003, he was chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers. In the corporate sector, he is on the boards of ADP, BlackRock, and MetLife.

Hubbard is co-chair of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation; he is a past Chair of the Economic Club of New York and a past co-chair of the Study Group on Corporate Boards.