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Louis Roland Hyman (born 1977) is an American writer and economic historian. He is an associate professor at Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations.
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- Louis hyman how i became a historian of labor and capitalism
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- Education
- Career
- Personal life
- Books
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Education
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.
In 2007, Hyman earned a PhD in American history from Harvard University.
Career
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. Choice named it one of the top 25 "Outstanding Academic Titles" for 2011.
Hyman has served as a consultant for global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. His writings have appeared in such publications as Enterprise & Society, Reviews in American History, CNBC, Wilson Quarterly, and the New York Times.
His second book, Borrow: The American Way of Debt, which explained how American culture shaped finance and vice versa, was published in 2012.
After spending time as a lecturer at Harvard, Hyman now works at Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations, where he is an assistant professor in the Labor Relations, Law, and History department. 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".
Personal life
Hyman currently resides in upstate New York with his wife, the novelist Katherine Howe.