Introduction: Glenn Loury on Mass Incarceration in the United States

Professor Glenn C. Loury, the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University, holding a B.A. in Mathematics from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gives a talk about the expansion of prison systems and the 'War on Drugs' within the United States and their effects on the economy, social inequality, racial disparities, and political landscapes. Sponsored by Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Brown University EconDUG, Providence, RI, May 4, 2010. Introduction by Jared 'Panda' Moffat, Brown '13.


- For more information on and lectures by Glenn Loury, visit http://www.econ.brown.edu/fac/glenn_loury/louryhomepage/

- For more information on SSDP, visit ssdp.org

- For more information on Brown EconDug, visit http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Economics/ECONDUG/index.php

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[bamboo4tameshigiri]

The giant pink elephant in the room, in regard to this issue, is that this is not primarily about race. Economic status is the primary indicator as to whether or not the fascist states of amerika will steamroll you in a "court of law".

[mycelian]

I've set up a playlist for this series, since they were uploaded or processed out of order :)

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