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Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world from Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics at Brown University and Paulson Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute glennloury.substack.com

  1. 5 HR AGO

    John McWhorter – Is Ta-Nehisi Coates Right about Israeli Apartheid?

    1:12 The Vance-Walz debate 4:28 Glenn: Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book is brilliant 13:16 John and Coates’s ancient beef 15:31 Coates’s “blistering” critique of Zionism 18:22 Ground News ad 20:39 Do you have to solve the problem of “apartheid” in order to criticize it? 33:10 Glenn’s reappraisal of Coates (and John’s bemusement) 34:53 ACTA ad 36:39 Will the race card play for Eric Adams? 42:31 What has Eric Adams accomplished? 43:57 Why John defends Amy Wax 49:17 Glenn: Amy Wax gets to have her opinion Recorded October 5, 2024 Links and Readings The Vance-Walz VP debate Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book, The Message Coleman Hughes’s Free Press review of The Message Coates’s book, Between the World and Me Coates’s Atlantic essay, “The Case for Reparations” Glenn and John’s in-person TGS episode Andrew Yang’s Newsweek piece, “I Ran against Eric Adams. I Saw This Coming.” John’s NYT piece, “She Is Outrageous, Demeaning, Dangerous. She Shouldn’t Be Punished.” Amy Wax’s December 2021 TGS appearance Wax’s August 2022 TGS appearance Wax’s March 2024 TGS appearance Richard Sander’s Stanford Law Review article, “A Systematic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schools” This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

    53 min

  2. 4 OCT

    Daniel Di Martino – The Economics of the Border Crisis

    Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 1:15 Why Daniel immigrated to the US 5:14 What went wrong in Venezuela? 8:45 Daniel: Both the Biden administration and global trends are to blame for the border crisis 11:19 Trump promises to deport record numbers of illegal immigrants. But can he? 13:00 What’s it take to fix immigration? Money. 18:39 The flawed strategy of making immigration into Mexico’s problem 20:48 The bad information and rumors fueling asylum-seekers 23:18 Should residency visa programs prioritize the richest immigrants? 32:13 The labor market consequences of immigration 37:27 Daniel’s large-scale proposals for national immigration policy 43:00 How many unauthorized immigrants are in US right now? 45:23 The political realities of immigration reform44:08 The political realities of immigration reform Recorded September 23, 2025 Links and Readings Daniel’s writing for City Journal Daniel’s report for the Manhattan Institute, “The Lifetime Fiscal Impact of Immigrants” This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

    51 min
  3. September 2024 Q&A

    2 OCT

    September 2024 Q&A

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com A couple weeks ago, I did my own solo Q&A session. Now John is back, and I decided to put him in the hot seat. Let’s get into it. Yan Shen asks our opinion of the contretemps between Nancy Mace and Michael Eric Dyson. Stan asks if we’ve seen Matt Walsh’s film, Am I Racist?. Eli, noting the rampant grade inflation at many institutions, asks if we have a way of fixing the problem and wants to know if our own grading standards have changed over the years (here’s the Yascha Mounk post she references). RAO wants to know what we think of alternative education, like home schooling, micro-schools, charter schools, and so on. Jerry Zuriff wants to know why John likes hip-hop. Given that, on average, American girls perform better than American boys in high school, Michael asks if colleges should give preferences to males over females. Or would that run afoul of SFFA v. Harvard? And finally, DG wants to know why John never got interested in sports.

    8 min

  4. 28 SEPT

    John McWhorter – Who You Calling a Sellout?

    Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 1:28 John corrects some Wikipedia-driven misconceptions about his work 4:12 ChatGPT pays homage to Glenn and John 6:41 John: JD Vance actually is what I’m merely accused of being 17:59 Ground News ad 20:08 Are there any true sellouts among black conservatives? 28:32 And what is a sellout, anyway? 36:01 What goes on between Clarence and Ginni Thomas? 40:19 An addition to the book club reading list 42:08 ACTA ad 43:54 Remembering Linda Datcher Loury 49:00 Should having children be the norm? 56:34 Glenn sightings in the wild 57:32 Working without a net Recorded September 23, 2024 Links and Readings Glenn’s Wikipedia page John’s Wikipedia page John’s NYT column, “Why JD Vance Dropped into My Inbox” JD Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis John’s book, Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America Randall Kennedy’s book, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal David Greenberg’s forthcoming book, John Lewis: A Life David Lodge’s novel, Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses Barbara and Karen Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life Percival Everett’s novel, James RF Kuang’s novel, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence Clint Smith’s Atlantic piece, “George Floyd Was Also a Father” This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

    59 min

  5. 20 SEPT

    Larry Kotlikoff – Do We Need an Economist in the White House?

    Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 0:14 Larry Kotlikoff for President? 5:40 Larry’s plan to save social security 9:30 Reincentivizing work, saving, and staying in the US 14:55 Rewriting the story about income and labor 21:08 Why a 10% tariff could amount to a new national sales tax or worse 23:33 Glenn: Trade with other nations is not a zero-sum game 29:15 Taxing billionaires on consumption rather than income 34:43 The price of shame 38:40 Maintaining competitive conditions with universal health insurance 44:49 What’s causing inflation? 52:26 How big of a problem is the national debt? Recorded September 4, 2024 Links and Readings Larry’s Substack Larry’s homepage Larry’s book, with Philip Moeller and Paul Solman, Getting What’s Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security Larry’s book, with Scott Burns, The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America’s Economic Future Larry’s book, Jimmy Stewart Is Dead: Ending the World's Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose Banking Larry’s financial planning program, MaxiFi Larry’s book, You’re Hired: A Trump Playbook for Fixing America’s Economy Larry’s book, The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

    60 min
  6. Glenn's Bonus Solo Q&A – September 2024

    15 SEPT

    Glenn's Bonus Solo Q&A – September 2024

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Martyn Clark asks how economists factor idiosyncratic, unpredictable human behavior into their abstract modeling. Young Törless asks Glenn to weigh in on the presidential candidates’ approaches to—or avoidance of—the problem of the national debt. BB asks Glenn which economic theories or concepts haven’t stood the test of time. Stan asks what three policies would make the biggest difference in improving the lives of black people. Eli asks if technological progress and our ever-increasing knowledge about the world may end up being a bad thing for humanity. Luke Englund asks if the conservative movement has compromised too much for the sake of Donald Trump. And finally, therealnewyorker asks what issues I would feel compelled to talk about if racial politics disappeared tomorrow.

    7 min

  7. 13 SEPT

    John McWhorter – The Post-Affirmative Action Class of 2028

    Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 0:59 Glenn debuts his new studio 2:34 Life after academia 13:02 The challenge of having a lot of time on your hands 18:10 John’s new musical endeavors 20:20 Ground News ad 22:38 John’s forthcoming book, Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words 25:07 Glenn and John form an impromptu book club 29:43 The first class of post-Students for Fair Admissions college freshmen 36:22 Are black students being shut out of the upper echelons of American society? 40:33 The Supreme Court’s “indirect beneficial endowment” to HBCUs 46:42 Glenn: “The wheel is turning” on race politics in America 52:18 ACTA ad 54:26 Plagiarism in Robin DiAngelo’s dissertation 57:02 John: I don’t recognize the world that Danzy Senna and Ketanji Brown Jackson describe, even though I lived in it 1:04:07 Did Thomas Chatterton Williams really say what he said to Danzy Senna? Recorded September 8, 2024 Links and Readings The Rest Is History on Apple Podcasts Preorder John’s forthcoming book, Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words David Kaiser’s book, States of the Union: A History of the United States through Presidential Addresses, 1789-2023 David Kaiser discusses his book States of the Union on TGS Sari Nusseibeh’s memoir, Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life David Greenberg’s forthcoming book, John Lewis: A Life Danzy Senna’s novel, Colored Television Percival Everett’s novel, James Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, Lovely One John’s book, Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America Michelle Obama’s DNC speech Thomas Chatterton Williams’s book, Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 11m

  8. 6 SEPT

    Harry Holzer – What's Holding Back Black Boys & Men?

    Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 0:59 How Harry met Glenn 3:44 Black girls and women are doing relatively well. Why aren’t black boys and men? 11:21 Harry: Some of the barriers are structural, some are cultural 18:20 The crude toolkit for fixing child support 25:15 Black teachers, tutoring, and “high-quality career and tech ed” 31:44 In schools, one size doesn’t fit all 35:22 Three ways to improve employment prospects 39:10 Glenn asks “the Chicago question” 42:09 Discrimination against ex-convicts 50:38 Immigration’s impact on black employment 53:29 Are too many people in prison? 56:07 Harry: Progressives are oblivious to the backlash they generate Recorded August 20, 2024 Links and Readings Harry and Glenn’s conversation about “racism, narratives, and backlash” with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Harry and Richard J. Freeman’s 1986 edited collection, The Black Youth Employment Crisis Melissa Kearney’s book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind Isabel V. Sawhill’s book, Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage Douglas Harris’s book, Charter School City: What the End of Traditional Public Schools in New Orleans Means for American Education Glenn’s paper with Young-Chul Kim, “Rebranding Ex-Convicts” William Julius Wilson’s book, The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

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Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world from Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics at Brown University and Paulson Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute glennloury.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Glenn Loury
  • Years Active
    2012 - 2024
  • Episodes
    302
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