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  • The Case of Roland Fryer (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
    The sexual harassment charges against Harvard economist Roland Fryer ... Glenn: Fryer is a victim of the flawed Title IX regime ... John: "Roland has been railroaded" ... Why Fryer's black colleagues didn't defend him ... Is edginess forbidden in the modern academy? ... How would things have played out Fryer's research had been more "PC"? ...
    49 min
  • The Case of Roland Fryer (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
    The sexual harassment charges against Harvard economist Roland Fryer ... Glenn: Fryer is a victim of the flawed Title IX regime ... John: "Roland has been railroaded" ... Why Fryer's black colleagues didn't defend him ... Is edginess forbidden in the modern academy? ... How would things have played out Fryer's research had been more "PC"? ...
    1 hr
  • Immigration, Assimilation, and Western Culture (Glenn Loury & Amy Wax)
    A review of Amy’s recent troubles at Penn Law ... Amy: We need facts in order to speak critically about affirmative action ... Why Amy does not use the word “inferior” in reference to racial disparities ... Amy: Not all cultures are equal, and Western culture is demonstrably better ... Are the benefits of Western modernity worth the costs? ... Do universities’ stated “values” infringe on faculty members’ free speech? ... How increasingly diverse demographics affect US elections  ...
    1 hr 20 min
  • Immigration, Assimilation, and Western Culture (Glenn Loury & Amy Wax)
    A review of Amy’s recent troubles at Penn Law ... Amy: We need facts in order to speak critically about affirmative action ... Why Amy does not use the word “inferior” in reference to racial disparities ... Amy: Not all cultures are equal, and Western culture is demonstrably better ... Are the benefits of Western modernity worth the costs? ... Do universities’ stated “values” infringe on faculty members’ free speech? ... How increasingly diverse demographics affect US elections  ...
    1 hr
  • Biden, Trump, and Sharpton (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
    Why Biden is getting a bad rap on race ... John: "Our smarter white people are 'woker' than most black people" ... Why doesn't a Democratic candidate push back? ... Does Trump want us to call him a racist? ... Glenn and John return to their great debate: Is Trump stupid? ... Glenn: Trump has "got a point about Elijah Cummings's district" ... Putting Al Sharpton in the dock ...
    52 min
  • Biden, Trump, and Sharpton (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
    Why Biden is getting a bad rap on race ... John: "Our smarter white people are 'woker' than most black people" ... Why doesn't a Democratic candidate push back? ... Does Trump want us to call him a racist? ... Glenn and John return to their great debate: Is Trump stupid? ... Glenn: Trump has "got a point about Elijah Cummings's district" ... Putting Al Sharpton in the dock ...
    1 hr
  • A Love Letter to Big Business (Glenn Loury & Tyler Cowen)
    Tyler's new book, Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero ... The case against splitting up the big tech companies ... Tyler: CEOs largely deserve their high pay ... Is campaign finance overrated? ... Tyler: Advertising is a good thing ... The public's (possibly justified) disillusionment with economists ... Tyler's economic studies of fame and cultural appropriation ... Why are some cultures more successful than others? ...
    54 min
  • A Love Letter to Big Business (Glenn Loury & Tyler Cowen)
    Tyler's new book, Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero ... The case against splitting up the big tech companies ... Tyler: CEOs largely deserve their high pay ... Is campaign finance overrated? ... Tyler: Advertising is a good thing ... The public's (possibly justified) disillusionment with economists ... Tyler's economic studies of fame and cultural appropriation ... Why are some cultures more successful than others? ...
    1 hr
  • Remembering Mark Kleiman (Glenn Loury & Mark Kleiman)
    Glenn remembers Mark, who passed away on Sunday ... Glenn and Mark talk crime and punishment ... Mark: Few people in social services consider crime prevention to be part of their mission ... Glenn and Mark debate the merits of "stop and frisk" in NYC ... Mark reviews his research on crime prevention ... Why aren't Mark's methods politically popular? ... Glenn challenges Mark on the moral aspects of his theory of crime reduction ...
    53 min
  • Remembering Mark Kleiman (Glenn Loury & Mark Kleiman)
    Glenn remembers Mark, who passed away on Sunday ... Glenn and Mark talk crime and punishment ... Mark: Few people in social services consider crime prevention to be part of their mission ... Glenn and Mark debate the merits of "stop and frisk" in NYC ... Mark reviews his research on crime prevention ... Why aren't Mark's methods politically popular? ... Glenn challenges Mark on the moral aspects of his theory of crime reduction ...
    1 hr

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