Glenn Loury Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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In conversation at The Glenn Show this week with Heather Mac Donald, author of the new book, When Race Trumps Merit:..., I make the following (killer) point about why getting rid of "the test" is a bad idea for elite college admissions. See the full discussion now at my Substack. https://t.co/B2oqzOYb8Q https://t.co/c1MK13l27l

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I'm with Jonathan Haidt (of "The Coddling of the American Mind" fame) at TGS this week, discussing what can and can't be said in the university, despite whatever it is that we may "know" to be true. He thinks J.S. Mill had all the answers. I'm not so sure: https://t.co/yhRn3TToBs

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I'm proud to report that one of the great ethicists of our time, Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel, joins me in conversation at The Glenn Show this week to discuss his book, The Tyranny of Merit. Here's a 10 minute clip: https://t.co/ZzkYeQYQAy

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Raphael Mangual, author of "Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most," is this week's Glenn Show guest. Here are 3 short clips. Subscribe at my Substack to hear the full conversation now: 1) Ralf on "mass incarceration" https://t.co/GjVKlJs5gO

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At The Glenn Show this week I interview Jonathan Rauch about his important book, "The Constitution of Knowledge." He defends unfettered and open inquiry as the best way to fight oppression, using gay rights advocacy as a case in point. See the full discussion at… https://t.co/t6mlfgizG7 https://t.co/yLM8GiPzy4

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In this month’s substack-subscriber-only Q&A with John McWhorter we talk about, among other things, sobriety and its influence on my work and life; and about whether John’s argument, that Woke Racism is a religion, is really necessary for his critique: https://t.co/7dNLEX6Csk

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Here I talk with theoretical physicist/jazz musician Stephon Alexander my Brown colleague about my book The Anatomy of Racial Inequality concerning "racial stigma" and "biased social cognition." He can relate to my argument. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZROvHfSad9o More at http://glennloury.substack.com

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This week at The Glenn Show I'm talking with political scientist Steven Rhoads, author of the very useful book, The Economist's View of the World, wondering if there isn't a great deal more possibility for using the price system to allocate resources in the US health care sector. https://t.co/j2X3AFx6RQ

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This week at The Glenn Show I'm talking with political scientist Steven Rhoads, author of the very useful book, The Economist's View of the World, wondering if there isn't a great deal more possibility for using the price system to allocate resources in the US health care sector. https://t.co/j2X3AFx6RQ

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At the Glenn Show this week I interview distinguished physicist and climate skeptic Steven Koonin about his book, "Unsettled...", which questions the consensus view about the science of climate change. Here are three clips. See the full conversation at https://t.co/ZICguBef8A