Biography:Jon Hartley

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Short description: Economic researcher, columnist, public policy analyst
Jon Hartley
Born (1989-11-11) November 11, 1989 (age 34)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
NationalityAmerican and Canadian
EducationHarvard Kennedy School (M.P.P.), Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (MBA), University of Chicago (B.A.)
OccupationEconomist and commentator
Websitejonathanhartley.net

Jon Hartley (born November 11, 1989) is a Canadian-American economist, best known for his expertise involving macroeconomic environments and public policy recommendations and analysis. Hartley is currently a PhD student studying economics at Stanford University, but has also earned degrees with honors from UPenn, Harvard University, as well as the University of Chicago. Hartley is a regular contributor to Forbes , HuffPost,[1] National Review, The Wall Street Journal , and other major publications.[2][3]

Biography

Hartley was born on November 11, 1989 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Hartley first attended the University of Chicago, where he became interested in the body of economic thinking most commonly associated with Nobel Prize-winning economist, Milton Friedman—most often referred to as the Chicago school of economics. Hartley studied at the University of Chicago to earn a double B.A. in both Economics as well as Mathematics. After graduating from the University of Chicago, Hartley then earned his MBA from Wharton[4] followed by a MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School before lastly working towards his PhD in economics at Stanford where he is currently enrolled as of 2022/2023. Early in his career, Hartley worked doing analytics for the Dallas Cowboys Football team and announced the Dallas Cowboys selection of Xavier Woods at the 2017 NFL Draft.

Hartley has covered a wide array of subjects involving public policy in the United States from the point of view of a classical liberal or conservative economist. Some subjects Hartley has covered include: Student loans in the United States,[5] insider trading in the United States Senate,[6] and the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve.[7] Hartley's focus generally is on finance, taxes, monetary policy,[8] and housing.[9]

Hartley has served advisory roles for multiple United States presidential candidates, including Mitt Romney's 2012 bid for president in a financial advisory position, as well as policy advisor to the Jeb Bush presidential campaign in 2016.[5]

Hartley is the current Chair of the Economic Club of Miami.[10][11]

Hartley made a cameo appearance in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film, The Wolf of Wall Street.[12]

Awards

Hartley has been the recipient of numerous different accolades for his research and analysis. Some of these awards include being named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2017.[13]

References

  1. "Jon Hartley Bio". HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/author/jon-hartley. 
  2. "Jon Hartley Bio". Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/person/h/jon-hartley. 
  3. "Jon Hartley Bio". South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/author/jon-hartley. 
  4. Hartley, Jon. "How This MBA Student's Passion for Policy, Finance, and Football Are All Related". The Wharton School. https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/story/mba-students-passion-policy-finance-football-related/. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Hartley, Jon. "Jeb Bush's Plan To Fix The Student Loan Crisis". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonhartley/2016/01/19/jeb-bushs-plan-to-fix-the-student-loan-crisis/?sh=23a6547100ab. 
  6. Hartley, Jon. "No More Insider Trading in Congress". Wallstreet Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-more-insider-trading-in-congress-stocks-prices-sasse-pelosi-mccarthy-boston-dallas-fed-scandal-11644447705?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1. 
  7. Puzder, Andy; Hartley, Jon. "High Interest Rates Are Hobbling Growth". Wallstreet Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/high-interest-rates-are-hobbling-growth-11559171116?mod=Searchresults_pos7&page=1. 
  8. Rebucci, Alessandro; Hartley, Jonathan S.; Jiménez, Daniel. "An Event Study of COVID-19 Central Bank Quantitative Easing in Advanced and Emerging Economies". National Bureau of Economic Research. https://www.nber.org/papers/w27339. 
  9. Gyourkoa, Joseph; Hartley, Jonathan S.; Krimmel, Jacob. "The local residential land use regulatory environment across U.S. housing markets: Evidence from a new Wharton index". ScienceDirect. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009411902100019X. 
  10. Marques, Felipe. "Billionaire Ken Griffin Praises New Florida Home: It's Not the Low Taxes". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-08/ken-griffin-praises-new-florida-home-it-s-not-just-low-taxes. 
  11. "Economic Club of Miami". Economic Club of Miami. https://www.econclubmiami.org/. 
  12. "The FREOPP Scholar: Jon Hartley". FREOPP. https://freopp.org/the-freopp-scholar-jon-hartley-e0e9666ac942. 
  13. Dill, Kathryn. "Forbes 30 Under 30: Law & Policy". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-2017/law-policy/#6362bc401f69.