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Glenn Loury
The Glenn Show

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. 6 DAYS AGO

    John McWhorter – Glenn and John Throw Down over The Message

    Incogni is your personal data defender, safeguarding you from these digital predators. Use code GLENN at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/glenn 1:22 The Coates debate continues 3:18 John: Coates is a beautiful writer, but … 5:44 John: … The Message is suffused with incuriosity and simplistic thinking 13:45 Glenn: Coates is talking about humanism and power, not race 18:11 Ground News ad 20:25 Is it “all about whitey”? 22:11 Glenn: Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote this book. What am I doing? 27:40 What kind of historical imagination is at work in The Message? 34:11 Moral clarity or abdication of responsibility? 36:30 Pro-Palestinian writers John considers acceptable 41:54 The next entries in Glenn and John’s book club 42:04 Coates’s now notorious interview on CBS Mornings 48:45 What is the black intellectual’s role today? 52:16 The counterexample of South Africa Recorded October 19, 2024 Links and Readings Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book, The Message Glenn and John’s previous conversation John’s NYT column, “Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Myth of Black Fragility” Michael Chabon’s novel, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union Jeffrey Sachs on YouTube Judge Andrew Napolitano on YouTube Trevor Noah’s conversation with Coates Ezra Klein’s conversation with Coates Peter Beinart’s conversation with Coates David Greenberg’s new book, John Lewis: A Life Karen and Barbara Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life Glenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative James Baldwin’s essay, “Letter from a Region in My Mind” 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 2m
  2. OCT 18

    Amy Wax – The Real Reason Penn Is Punishing Amy Wax

    Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 Incogni is your personal data defender, safeguarding you from these digital predators. Use code GLENN at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/glenn 1:41 Penn’s sanctions against Amy 7:47 What’s at stake in the charges against Amy? 14:03 The trouble with “hate speech” 17:48 Should we abolish the nation-state? 21:38 The debates that can’t happen in the university 26:44 Ethnonationalism and group differences 33:11 Amy’s defense of maintaining an “Anglo-Protestant” American majority 42:32 Amy’s concerns about Asian migration 47:52 Are immigrants bringing lax attitudes toward property rights with them? 52:52 Glenn: Immigrants impart dynamism to a culture that’s always been in flux 1:01:13 Glenn and Amy talk about porn 1:07:51 The absence of virtue in political discourse 1:13:05 Amy’s next steps Recorded October 12, 2024 Links and Readings Amy’s Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed, “Paying the Price for the Breakdown of the Country’s Bourgeois Culture” Glenn and Amy’s 2017 conversation, “The Downside to Social Uplift” Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book, The Message William Vogelei’s Claremont Review of Books review of Robert Kagan’s Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart—Again Coleman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson’s book, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Daniel Di Martino’s recent appearance on The Glenn Show Irving Kristol’s 1971 essay, “Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship” Glenn’s essay, “The Case for Black Patriotism” 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 23m
  3. SEP 28

    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
  4. SEP 20

    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

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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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