31 January 2026
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Glenn Loury (Brown University, Hoover Institution, Late Admissions, Self-Censorship) and Brink Lindsey (Niskanen Center, The Captured Economy)
Under discussion on The Glenn Show is Brink’s new book, Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter and More Unequal. Glenn asks Brink how his argument differs from that of Murray and Herrnstein in The Bell Curve. Brink explains how the human capital divergence contributes to growing inequality, and how the complexity of the modern world exacerbates class differences. Can education overcome the class gap? Brink describes the problems with “working class culture.” Brink closes with proposals for educational and economic reform to improve the lives of the lower class.
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Glenn Loury
Brink Lindsey
Brink’s new e-book, “Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter and More Unequal”
Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein’s book, “The Bell Curve”
Joseph Stiglitz’s book, “The Price of Inequality”
Murray’s book, “Coming Apart”
Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis’s book, “Schooling in Capitalist America”
Ryan Avent’s e-book, “The Gated City”
Matthew Yglesias’s e-book, “The Rent is Too Damn High”
The Glenn Show | Aug 27, 2012 | Glenn Loury & Brink Lindsey
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