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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

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Traces Thomas Sowell's journey from humble beginnings to the Hoover Institution, becoming one of our era's most controversial economists, political philosophers, and prolific authors.
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Tom Jennings
Year
2021
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documentary, biography
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For Tom, this is education done right. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
For Tom, this is education done right.
Professor Sowell has been a leader in supporting - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Professor Sowell has been a leader in supporting
I think we particularly need that - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I think we particularly need that
Back in 1978, when there was a push - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Back in 1978, when there was a push
In their words, "The least educated, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
In their words, "The least educated,
I grew up in Harlem, and the schools there - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
I grew up in Harlem, and the schools there
And so you have generations of kids - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
And so you have generations of kids
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They are given the autonomy - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
They are given the autonomy
But they must also meet academic standards - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
But they must also meet academic standards
Unlike traditional public schools, however, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Unlike traditional public schools, however,
With respect to education, Tom would say - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:17
With respect to education, Tom would say
And if those things are not done, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
And if those things are not done,
And that is precisely what we see. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
And that is precisely what we see.
For decades, Sowell has been a strong supporter of charters - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
For decades, Sowell has been a strong supporter of charters
There are, as you've said, many blacks today - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
There are, as you've said, many blacks today
I would allow their parents - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:18
I would allow their parents
It is hard for me to understand what harm is going to be done - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
It is hard for me to understand what harm is going to be don...
"The things that they thought were going to help, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
"The things that they thought were going to help,
And in many cases made things much worse." - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
And in many cases made things much worse."
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He's reluctant to give interviews, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
He's reluctant to give interviews,
But a colleague of mine took the time to get Tom - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
But a colleague of mine took the time to get Tom
I'm Dave Rubin. I'm the host of "The Rubin Report." - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I'm Dave Rubin. I'm the host of "The Rubin Re...
I do a long-form interview show. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
I do a long-form interview show.
And we tried for about three or four years to hunt him down. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
And we tried for about three or four years to hunt him down.
One of the things that I found out that was - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
One of the things that I found out that was
Most people will find this hard to believe, but it is true. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
Most people will find this hard to believe, but it is true.
Most of the leading conservative thinkers of our time - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Most of the leading conservative thinkers of our time
You've got a couple like Bill Buckley and George Will. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
You've got a couple like Bill Buckley and George Will.
Ronald Reagan was so far left, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Ronald Reagan was so far left,
Do you remember sort of what you were thinking, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Do you remember sort of what you were thinking,
Yes. I mean, there was no alternative being discussed. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Yes. I mean, there was no alternative being discussed.
I treated my interview with him as Thomas Sowell 101. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
I treated my interview with him as Thomas Sowell 101.
I wanted it to be for the new generation of young people - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I wanted it to be for the new generation of young people
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It would go all the way up Fifth Avenue - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
It would go all the way up Fifth Avenue
And then, as I came across this long viaduct - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
And then, as I came across this long viaduct
And nothing in the schools or most of the books - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
And nothing in the schools or most of the books
There's an absolutely beautiful moment - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
There's an absolutely beautiful moment
So then what was your wake-up to what was wrong - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
So then what was your wake-up to what was wrong
I mean, I knew the second he did it, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I mean, I knew the second he did it,
And it gets to, what does this man care about most? - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
And it gets to, what does this man care about most?
How he wants the world to be? Or how is the world as it is? - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
How he wants the world to be? Or how is the world as it is?
Because that's what he's saying, "I care about facts." - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
Because that's what he's saying, "I care abou...
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[ Patriotic music plays ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:14
[ Patriotic music plays ]
Combat Camera is responsible - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Combat Camera is responsible
It may not necessarily make it out to the local paper, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:16
It may not necessarily make it out to the local paper,
The imagery is used as good reference to anything - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
The imagery is used as good reference to anything
[ Camera shutter clicking ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:20
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
When I was a young person, I used to like to - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
When I was a young person, I used to like to
But unlike most kids who'd, you know, cut class - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
But unlike most kids who'd, you know, cut class
These were very smart people, but Thomas Sowell - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
These were very smart people, but Thomas Sowell
When the private sector fails to create jobs - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
When the private sector fails to create jobs
I think it is overly broad to say - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
I think it is overly broad to say
I don't remember talking to anyone who's ever - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I don't remember talking to anyone who's ever
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All of the little adjustments that you fiddle with - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
All of the little adjustments that you fiddle with
If you close down the diaphragm, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
If you close down the diaphragm,
On the other hand, you're cutting down - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
On the other hand, you're cutting down
And a theme in Tom's work on society - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
And a theme in Tom's work on society
And Tom often loses patience at people with sweeping visions. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
And Tom often loses patience at people with sweeping visions...
And Tom points out in his political writings - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
And Tom points out in his political writings
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Here is where some of the most influential - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Here is where some of the most influential
It's called The Chicago School of Economics. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
It's called The Chicago School of Economics.
And it's where Tom would be mentored by intellectual giants - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
And it's where Tom would be mentored by intellectual gi...
I was a graduate student here from 1960 to '64. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I was a graduate student here from 1960 to '64.
The thing I learned as a graduate student - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:19
The thing I learned as a graduate student
At Chicago, if it was true, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
At Chicago, if it was true,
It was true because you had the evidence, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
It was true because you had the evidence,
They explored the specific ways - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
They explored the specific ways
The idea, you know, that people are rational on the whole - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
The idea, you know, that people are rational on the whole
[ Students chattering ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:14
[ Students chattering ]
In fact, he talks more positively about his experience - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
In fact, he talks more positively about his experience
Tom was a Marxist when he took a course - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Tom was a Marxist when he took a course
But what he appreciated was that - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
But what he appreciated was that
And so at least Tom Sowell said he came out understanding - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
And so at least Tom Sowell said he came out understanding
I was still a Marxist after taking Milton Friedman's course. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
I was still a Marxist after taking Milton Friedman's co...
But I -- Did you -- - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
But I -- Did you --
I mean, that is... [ Laughs ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
I mean, that is... [ Laughs ]
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At first, I thought, well, this is good - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
At first, I thought, well, this is good
And then as I studied economics, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
And then as I studied economics,
When I was at the Labor Department, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
When I was at the Labor Department,
And when I came up with how we might test this, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
And when I came up with how we might test this,
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Traces Thomas Sowell's journey from humble beginnings to the Hoover Institution, becoming one of our era's most controversial economists, political philosophers, and prolific authors.

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Director: Tom Jennings
Writer: Tom Jennings
Production: Free To Choose Enterprise
Genre: documentary, biography
Year: 2021
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Released: 23 Jan 2021
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