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Louis Roland Hyman (born 1977) is an American writer and economic historian. He is currently the Dorothy Ross Professor of Political Economy in History at Johns Hopkins University and a professor at Hopkins' SNF Agora Institute. [1] Previously he was the Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University's School of Industrial &Labor Relations.
After growing up in Baltimore,Maryland,where he attended McDonogh School,Hyman attended Columbia University in New York City. He graduated with a BA in history and mathematics.
Hyman was a 1999–2000 Fulbright Fellow at the University of Toronto,during which time he studied Canadian history. [2]
In 2007,Hyman earned a PhD in American history from Harvard University.
Hyman revised his doctoral dissertation into a book during a fellowship at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The result,titled Debtor Nation:The History of America in Red Ink,was published by Princeton University Press in 2011. [3] Choice named it one of the top 25 "Outstanding Academic Titles" for 2011. [4]
Hyman has served as a consultant for global management consulting firm McKinsey &Company. [5] His writings have appeared in such publications as Enterprise &Society , [6] Reviews in American History , [7] CNBC, [8] Wilson Quarterly , [9] and the New York Times . [5] [10]
His second book,Borrow:The American Way of Debt,which explained how American culture shaped finance and vice versa,was published in 2012. [11]
After spending time as a lecturer at Harvard, [12] Hyman now works at Cornell University's School of Industrial &Labor Relations. [13] He continues to conduct research on the history of American capitalism. He also teaches an EdX massive open online course (MOOC) called American Capitalism:A History.
Hyman is married to the novelist Katherine Howe. [14] His mother,Patty Kuzbida,is a retired laboratory technician and outsider artist whose works have been collected in the American Visionary Art Museum. [15] [16]
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