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John McWhorter & Jens Ludwig – The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
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Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 How Jens got interested in American gun violence 2:45 What’s “unexpected” about the origins of gun violence? 5:29 Race and the culture of gun violence 9:30 Ground News ad 11:20 Are high rates of gun violence a cultural issue or an equilibrium? 17:09 Is urban gun violence the result of rational behavior? 24:34 The link between Kahnemanian “fast thinking” and violent conflict 36:46 Are gun violence interruptions scalable? 40:52 The role of urban design in reducing crime and violence 47:31 Jens: Gang-motivated crime may not account for as much violence as its seems 50:43 Rehabilitating “Broken Windows” 53:47 Jens’s…