Rajiv Sethi – Self-Censorship on Campus
February 9, 2024
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February 9, 2024
Rajiv Sethi – Self-Censorship on Campus
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<p>PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349" target="_blank">https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> The conversations that aren’t happening on college campuses</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=256s" target="_blank">4:16</a> Staying informed about Israel-Palestine</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=562s" target="_blank">9:22</a> Glenn: Don’t subject me to a loyalty test</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=734s" target="_blank">12:14</a> Rajiv: High-minded principles alone won’t solve the self-censorship problem</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=1091s" target="_blank">18:11</a> “The Naked Emperor Equilibrium”</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=1312s" target="_blank">21:52</a> The game theoretical aspect of Glenn’s memoir</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=1535s" target="_blank">25:35</a> An homage to Thomas Schelling</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=1651s" target="_blank">27:31</a> Rajiv’s work on police use-of-force, then and now</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=1836s" target="_blank">30:36</a> The predictive value of political betting markets</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=2564s" target="_blank">42:44</a> Robert Solow’s intellectual family tree</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=2776s" target="_blank">46:16</a> The lopsided distribution of elite economists</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=2948s" target="_blank">49:08</a> Rajiv: Big econ departments should take more chances on candidates</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=3112s" target="_blank">51:52</a> The mind-boggling geographical variation in police killings</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeA2yduFtw&t=3369s" target="_blank">56:09</a> Why Rajiv doesn’t take pride in other Indian-Americans’ success</p><p>Recorded January 26, 2024</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/noam-dworman-friendship-in-a-time" target="_blank">Noam Dworman’s TGS appearance</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjMSOsp3P38jA5SuUpuqIyz4C3fBmf8uc" target="_blank">Noam Dworman’s podcast, </a><em>Live from the Table</em></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Zzjicdi3O0o?list=PLjMSOsp3P38jA5SuUpuqIyz4C3fBmf8uc" target="_blank">Norman Finkelstein and Eli Lake on </a><em>Live from the Table</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-State-Two-States-Resolving/dp/0300164440" target="_blank">Benny Morris’s book, </a><em>One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Crisis</em></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/CO2SYnbWYM8?list=PLjMSOsp3P38jA5SuUpuqIyz4C3fBmf8uc" target="_blank">Rashid Khalidi on </a><em>Live from the Table</em></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/8B64JSRKG_o?list=PLjMSOsp3P38jA5SuUpuqIyz4C3fBmf8uc" target="_blank">Benny Morris on </a><em>Live from the Table</em></p><p><a href="https://tarahenley.substack.com/" target="_blank">Tara Henley’s </a><em>Lean Out</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ethnic-Cleansing-Palestine-Ilan-Pappe/dp/1851685553" target="_blank">Ilan Pappé’s book, </a><em>The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine</em></p><p><a href="https://gwern.net/doc/sociology/preference-falsification/1994-loury.pdf" target="_blank">Glenn’s essay, “Self-Censorship in Public Discourse: A Theory of ‘Political Correctness’ and Related Phenomena</a></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/omer-bartov-israels-hard-right-turn" target="_blank">Glenn’s conversation with Omer Bartov</a></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/norman-finkelstein-the-triple-scam" target="_blank">Glenn’s conversation with Norman Finkelstein</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heretical-Thoughts-Identity-Politics-Academic/dp/B0BSJXB7WN" target="_blank">Norman Finkelstein’s book, </a><em>I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!: Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom</em></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/john-mearsheimer-americas-sunk-cost" target="_blank">Glenn’s conversation with John Mearsheimer</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Israel-Lobby-U-S-Foreign-Policy/dp/0374531501" target="_blank">John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s book, </a><em>The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy</em></p><p><a href="https://provost.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/documents/reports/KalvenRprt_0.pdf" target="_blank">University of Chicago’s 1967 Kalven Committee Report</a></p><p><a href="https://provost.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/documents/reports/FOECommitteeReport.pdf" target="_blank">University of Chicago’s 2014 “Chicago Principles” on freedom of expression</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spiral-Silence-Public-Opinion-Social/dp/0226589366" target="_blank">Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann’s book, </a><em>The Spiral of Silence: Public Opinion—Our Second Skin</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Private-Truths-Public-Lies-Falsification/dp/0674707583" target="_blank">Timothy Kuran’s book, </a><em>Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Conflict-New-Preface-Author/dp/0674840313" target="_blank">Thomas Schelling’s book, </a><em>The Strategy of Conflict</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Doubt-Stereotypes-Pursuit-Justice/dp/0674976592" target="_blank">Rajiv and Brendan O’Flahery’s book, </a><em>Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and Pursuit of Justice</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Dilemma-Problem-Democracy-African-American/dp/1560008563" target="_blank">Gunnar Myrdal’s book, </a><em>An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy</em></p><p><a href="https://rajivsethi.substack.com/" target="_blank">Rajiv’s Substack, </a><em>Imperfect Information</em></p><p><a href="https://rajivsethi.substack.com/p/economic-growth-and-the-growth-of" target="_blank">Rajiv’s Substack post, “Economic Growth and the Growth of Economics: Reflections on Robert Solow”</a></p><p><a href="https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,943970,00.html" target="_blank">Ralph Ellison’s essay 1970 essay, “What America Would Be Like without Blacks”</a></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. 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