Herb Grubel
Herbert Gunter Grubel is a Canadian professor, economist, writer, and former politician. He is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Simon Fraser University and a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute.
Early life and education
Grubel was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He migrated to the United States in 1956 and to Canada in 1972.He graduated from a Gymnasium in Frankfurt, Germany, from Rutgers University with a B.A. and from Yale University with a Ph.D. in economics.
Academic career
Grubel served full-time on the faculties of Yale University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, and Simon Fraser University.He also held temporary positions at the following institutions: the Australian National University as Research Fellow ; the U.S. Treasury, International Division, as Senior Policy Analyst ; Nuffield College, Oxford as Visiting Research Fellow ; the University of Nairobi in Kenya as CIDA Visiting Professor ; the University of Cape Town as Visiting Professor ; the Institute of [Southeast Asian Studies] in Singapore as Distinguished Fellow in International Banking and Finance ; Bundesbank Visiting Professor of International Finance at the Free University of Berlin ; and holder of the Agip Chair in International Economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy.
Political career
As a member of the Reform Party, Grubel defeated former federal cabinet minister Mary Collins in the 1993 [Canadian federal election|1993 election], pushing her into third place. He served as the party's finance critic from 1995 to 1997, and was controversial for his outspoken support of Canada moving toward a flat tax system.Grubel did not run in the 1997 election. As of 2011 he is professor emeritus of economics at Simon Fraser University and senior fellow of the Fraser Institute. He has also worked at the economic faculties of Yale, Stanford, the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania.