16 - Jeffrey Sachs - Free Speech and the Social Justice Left

2:12 Is the free speech crisis on campus over?
4:34 What is deplatforming?
11:06 Should there be a right to debate?
22:07 Have things really got better over the past year and if so why?
25:47 The polarisation of US politics following Trump’s election
31:42 Inflammatory speakers, trolling & outrage culture
32:27 Victimhood culture
55:24 Microaggressions
1:07:32 Over- and underestimating racism
1:09:18 The Covington Catholic affair
1:24:34 Identity politics
1:29:42 The gay rights movement
1:35:15 Equality of opportunity versus equality of outcome
1:52:48 Have there been changes in the atmosphere on campus over the past five years?

You can follow Jeffrey on Twitter @JeffreyASachs.

His recent articles on campus culture and free speech can be found here:
https://niskanencenter.org/blog/the-campus-free-speech-crisis-ended-last-year/

here:
https://niskanencenter.org/blog/there-is-no-campus-free-speech-crisis-a-close-look-at-the-evidence/

and here:
https://heterodoxacademy.org/viewpoint-diversity-community-partisanship/

Other references:
Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (1946)

René Girard, Violence and the Sacred (1972)

Glenn Loury and Sam Harris in conversation about police violence against African-Americans:
https://samharris.org/racism-and-violence-in-america/