A Conservative Economics of Dignity

The dean of Columbia Business School is a tax cutter and free trader, but he says economists must address ‘real economic concerns in the heartland.’

New York

As we enter his office, Glenn Hubbard apologizes for the building that houses it. Built in 1964, Uris Hall is a jarring structure on a handsome campus. “The architecture faculty protested at the time,” he tells me, “describing its design as fascist. They were right.”

Mr. Hubbard, 59, is dean of Columbia Business School, having...