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‘I Was Feeling Alienated:’ Glenn Loury Tells Ben Shapiro About His Journey Back To Conservatism

In a new “Sunday Special” interview, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro spoke to economist Glenn Loury about his return to identifying as a conservative.

Kicking off their hour-long discussion, Shapiro asked Loury what being a conservative means to him, a topic Loury discusses in his new book, “Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative,” which came out last month.

“Well, I could approach it in a number of ways. As an economist I could talk about libertarian ideas on the economy, markets, property, prices, limited government, free trade, that kind of thing,” responded Loury, who became the first black tenured professor of economics at Harvard University.

Also, as someone who became a born-again Christian and a “very fervent believer,” Loury said, “I tend to be conservative on the cultural side.”

Thirdly, when it comes to race Loury said conservatism…

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