Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2026-06-26
Books mentioned on 679. Why Does Vanderbilt Keep Winning?
It’s a hard time to run a university: public trust is low, political pressure is high, and finances are fragile. But Daniel Diermeier, who trained as a political scientist, has Vanderbilt humming.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander is an influential nonfiction work examining systemic racism and the devastating impact of mass incarceration in the United States.
Discussed“So, the example that they picked was this book The New Jim Crow, which I'm really simplifying there, but makes the argument that the mass incarceration after the war on drugs basically was intended and had the consequence of suppressing African-American communities.”
Where to get it
