BhTV: The Glenn Show (audio)

Why fighting crime sometimes creates more crime ... The psychology behind obeying or disobeying the law ... "Dual frustration" among African-American women ... Crime is way down. Why is policing still so racially polarizing? ... Tracey: Stop-and-frisk policing is self-defeating ... The real threat to cops? Car accidents ...

Jeff's new book, Seven Bad Ideas ... Is "the invisible hand" just one big guessing game? ... Economists who didn't see the financial crisis coming ... Economics, the dismal "science" ... Does executive compensation make sense? ... Glenn and Jeff agree to disagree ...

Disturbing polarization in the wake of Ferguson ... Glenn: Imputing racial motives is a slippery slope ... John on the trouble with "disowning your own" ... Al Sharpton and the murder of two NYC cops ... Why the '60s riots were an unmitigated disaster ... Glenn: People are playing with fire here ...

Ferguson, the morning after ... Michael Brown, Claudette Colvin, and the "perfect victim" ... Glenn: Collective and individual responsibility can coexist ... John: Blacks are Kantian moral actors, just like everyone else ... Should cops be taught to shoot to wound, not kill? ... Why some black men think Bill Cosby was set up ...

Daria's new book, Reproducing Racism ... Who counts as a "person of color"? ... Understanding "racial cartels" ... How institutions reproduce inequalities ... Glenn: Is it easier to "solve" class than race? ... What race really means ...

Why Dean is moderately optimistic on the economy ... Will the minimum wage go up? And will it matter? ... The forces behind wage stagnation ... We import Chinese goods, why not import Indian doctors? ... Dean: More education for workers isn't the (only) answer ...

Americans aren't stupid—they're just ignorant ... Health insurance vs. social insurance ... Was Obamacare dishonestly sold to the public? ... Harold: The ACA had to be complicated in order to pass ... Glenn: Liberals aren't learning from a political debacle ... Did Obamacare kill future big legislation? ...

Can anything positive come from Ferguson? ... Is this even about Michael Brown at all? ... The purpose of prison ... Untangling the police/community knot ... Glenn and Josh's election predictions ... Republicans relearning how to govern ...

Ebola hits the Big Apple ... Is a West African travel ban worth it? ... Harold: We should fear the underfunding of public health groups ... Leaks from the Ferguson grand jury ... The Darren Wilson case and the racial justice movement ... Dems brace themselves for November ...

Elite education, the root of our nation's leadership problems ... The case for investing more in public universities ... Private universities: teaching the rich to get richer ... Students, beware of your parents! ... Breaking news: English majors do make money ... Why William hates MOOCs ...

Why the police are the main racial sticking point in America ... Is it time to take Al Sharpton seriously? ... Glenn: Journalists failed to report critically on the looters ... John: The media narrative denies agency to African Americans ... The moments immediately before Michael Brown's death ... When the cops are real assholes (NSFW) ...

Glenn gives a rundown on Ferguson ... What the Ferguson authorities did wrong ... The economics of looting ... Responding to strange behavior with lethal force ... What is justice for Darren Wilson? ... Being held in "contempt of cop" ...

The evolution of Glenn's seminal paper on political correctness ... Self-censorship in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ... An economic analysis of "the emperor has no clothes" ... How extremists outmaneuver moderates ... The chaperone effect and the importance of "tokenism" ... Truth tellers, Julius Caesar, and breaking out of bad equilibria ...

Carl's new book, High Price ... Carl: Most drug users need neither jail nor treatment ... Our mixed up moralizing about different kinds of drugs ... Why cocaine isn't as bad as you think ... The case for total decriminalization of drug possession ... Returning to the old neighborhood with a PhD ...

John's new book, The Language Hoax ... Has racism made it harder for Obama to govern? ... If John Edwards were president, would there be a Tea Party? ... Glenn: Racism can't explain Obama's failings ... John: This debate is a sign of racial progress ... Imagining Obama as a "blacker" president ...