Episode · EconTalk · 2024-05-13
Books mentioned on Glenn Loury Tells All
Economist and social critic Glenn Loury talks about his memoir, Late Admissions, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Late Admissions
Late Admissions by Glenn C.
Discussed“So, when I'm asked to consider a book of 448 pages, uh which is the length of Late Admissions, I usually just say no right away.”
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Black Bourgeoisie
Discussed“I remember reading E. Franklin Frazier's book, Black Bourgeoisie, of that title, in which he satirizes and criticizes the the world of high black society of the 1940s and 1950s.”
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America in Black and White
America in Black and White by Stephan Thernstrom and Abigail Thernstrom is a prominent historical and sociological study examining race relations in the United States.
Discussed“And there were these books, Murray's and Herrnstein's The Bell Curve, Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom's America in Black and White, Dinesh D'Souza's The End of Racism, books promoted by the American Enterprise Institute”
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The Bell Curve
The Bell Curve by Richard J.
Discussed“And there were these books, Murray's and Herrnstein's The Bell Curve, Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom's America in Black and White, Dinesh D'Souza's The End of Racism, books promoted by the American Enterprise Institute”
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The End of Racism
Discussed“And there were these books, Murray's and Herrnstein's The Bell Curve, Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom's America in Black and White, Dinesh D'Souza's The End of Racism, books promoted by the American Enterprise Institute”
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How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X.
Critiqued“The era of Black Lives Matter, of anti- racism in the person of the likes of the Ibram X. Kendi's, How to Be an Anti-Racist, or the Robin DiAngelo's of the world, really soured me on liberal anti-racism”
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The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander is a powerful examination of the American criminal justice system, arguing that the war on drugs functions as a modern system of racial control and mass incarceration.
Critiqued“Michelle Alexander publishes, this is the writer who had been at the Ohio State Law School when she published her best-selling book called The New Jim Crow about mass incarceration.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Late Admissions
“Our topic for today is his memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative.”