Glenn Loury Quotes

What I was wrong about was not realizing that in my saying those things in the way I said them had political consequences... It wasn't just a matter about being right. Being right about something isn't good enough. You also have to be smart about it. - Glenn Loury

The graduate course will be going through the theories of inequality, inequalities of all kinds - why some countries are slower to grow than others, why some regions within countries are left behind, why some groups, whether racial, ethnic or whatever (are left behind). - Glenn Loury

The facilities are magnificent, the campus is beautiful - I even like living four days a week in Providence, which I never thought I was going to do. - Glenn Loury

That just happened overnight because of the exposure and people being interested in those ideas... It just came my way - it really wasn't something that I sought, but when the opportunity presented itself, I did take it. - Glenn Loury

One day, I was reading the New York Times and there was a front page story about Simmons and the Plan for Academic Enrichment... So that just got me to thinking, so I picked up the phone and asked if anybody was interested down there. - Glenn Loury

I was once considered one of the pre-eminent black conservatives in the past, but now I'm more of a black progressive and I'm in the right place. - Glenn Loury

I was a hot commodity... Being African-American didn't hurt me - I was one of the leading young theoretical economists of the generation. - Glenn Loury

I got my life back together and I haven't looked back. - Glenn Loury

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