The Glenn Show
Glenn Loury invites guests from the worlds of academia, journalism and public affairs to share insights on economic, political and social issues.
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Race, Representation, and the Supreme Court (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
Ilya Shapiro’s controversial tweet about Biden’s imminent Supreme Court nomination … John dips out and Glenn delivers a soliloquy … John returns and clarifies his academic resume … Why John thinks that Georgetown shouldn’t fire Ilya Shapiro … Why should race be a factor in Biden’s Supreme Court pick? … Should Biden have announced the gender and race of his pick ahead of time? … John: “There’s real ideological diversity in the Black community” … How bad was Whoopi Goldberg’s statement about the Holocaust? … Glenn and John agree that Joe Rogan’s use of the n-word is not cause for cancelation ….
Money Magic (Glenn Loury & Laurence Kotlikoff)
Larry’s new book, Money Magic: An Economist’s Secrets to More Money, Less Risk, and a Better Life … Why did Larry, a serious academic economist, write a financial advice book? … Why investing in stocks may not be as safe as it seems in the long term … Larry: If a personal finance product is complicated, it’s a swindle … An economist’s guide to divorce … Is a free online Stanford education more valuable than a debt-laden traditional degree? … Why does the government offer student loans? … Larry: “We’re all self-made people at some level” ….
The Burdens of Black Freedom (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
What political values does Joe Biden represent? … Do new election laws amount to race-based voter disenfranchisement? … Glenn: Black people are free.
Which Black Lives Matter? (Glenn Loury & Heather Mac Donald)
Heather’s deep dive into African American literature … The impact of George Floyd on violent crime rates … Heather: Why doesn’t the mainstream media cover the violent deaths of black children? … The difficulty of addressing black out-of-wedlock birth rates … Who has the moral authority to advocate for traditional family structures? … Heather: Giuliani was one of America’s greatest mayors … Glenn: Lowering academic standards threatens the foundation of our civilization … Looking for Black leadership … Was the reaction to the crack epidemic a “moral panic”? ….
Are There More Capitol Riots to Come? (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
The significance of Sidney Poitier’s Caribbean origins … Revisiting the Lani Guinier controversy … How Guinier’s views eventually triumphed … Where are the “heterodox” black women? … Glenn: I’m worried about the stability of our electoral process … Are we on the precipice of violent political conflict? … An update on John’s prodigious output …
How to Restore Impoverished Communities (Glenn Loury & Robert L. Woodson, Sr.)
Bob: “There is no monolithic ‘Black Community’” … How much anti-poverty spending actually goes to poor people? … Recalibrating welfare’s perverse incentives … Can community faith-based interventions scale up? … The moral inconsistencies of progressive policy … What should we focus on instead of race? … How the Woodson Center is working to restore communities … Why is there no religious dimension to current racial justice movements? … The Glenn Show gives back ….
Contesting American Identity (Glenn Loury & Amy Wax)
The latest attempt to get Amy fired from Penn Law … Should we be worried even about elite non-Western immigration? … Amy: “There’s nothing wrong with stereotyping” when it’s done correctly … Glenn: America need immigrants if we’re going to compete … Why aren’t we looking harder for technical talent in America? … The problem with “equal representation” … Glenn: Wokeness is a political problem that must be fought politically … The collective action problem of “commonsense” race politics … Is Charles Murray right to worry about white identity politics? … Glenn: “We need to abandon the identitarian matrix altogether” … Was European colonialism especially bad or an expression of broader human tendencies? ….
