
About this episode
The economist and social critic Glenn Loury has led a remarkably turbulent life, both professionally and personally. In a new memoir, he has chosen to reveal just about everything. Why?
- SOURCE:
- Glenn Loury, professor of economics at Brown University and host of The Glenn Show.
- RESOURCES:
- Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative, by Glenn Loury (2024).
- "Amy Wax – The DEI Witch Hunt at Penn Law," by Glenn Loury (The Glenn Show, 2024).
- "The Conservative Line on Race," by Glenn Loury (The Atlantic, 1997).
- "Will Affirmative-Action Policies Eliminate Negative Stereotypes?" by Stephen Coate and Glenn Loury (The American Economic Review, 1993).
- EXTRAS:
- "Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America," by Freakonomics Radio (2022).
- "How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy?" by Freakonomics Radio (2021).
- "The Pros and Cons of Reparations," by Freakonomics Radio (2020).
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