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Glenn C. Loury

Glenn C. Loury is Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences Brown University. He is author of  Race, Incarceration, and American Values.

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Forum

Ferguson Won't Change Anything. What Will?

Michael Brown shouldn't be a poster child for social justice movements.

Glenn C. Loury

Forum Response

Loury Final Response to Ferguson

I am grateful for the thoughtful replies to my essay, though left largely unmoved. Of course black

Glenn C. Loury

Class & Inequality, Politics

Scarcity Can Help Us Rethink Social Policy...and Campaigns

Poor people don’t have enough money; busy people wish they had more time; dieting people

Glenn C. Loury

Literature & Culture, Politics

Gandhi and the Affordable Care Act

I wrote the following note to a friend this past weekend about the troubles launching the

Glenn C. Loury

Global Justice, Law & Justice

Much to Answer For

The esteemed political scientist and criminologist James Q. Wilson died in March. He wrote many

Glenn C. Loury

Forum Response

Inequality and Solidarity

Inequality and Solidarity I welcome David Grusky’s provocative reflection on the way forward for

Glenn C. Loury

Podcast

California Prisons and Cornel West vs Obama

BR Co-editor Joshua Cohen chats with contributor Glenn Loury on Bloggingheads.tv

Joshua Cohen, Glenn C. Loury

Education & Opportunity, Global Justice

Strongly Worded Dissents

The following is an edited transcript of a conversation between Boston Review Coeditor Joshua Cohen

Joshua Cohen, Glenn C. Loury

Politics, Race

The Call of the Tribe

We are all familiar with what I will call the “identity reflex.” We all hear the call of some

Glenn C. Loury

Class & Inequality, Global Justice

Why Are So Many Americans in Prison?

Dissecting the American prison system, a leviathan unmatched in human history.

Glenn C. Loury

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