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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

And in many casesmade things much worse." Thomas Sowellis a very private person

And in many cases
made things much worse." [ music ] Thomas Sowell
is a very private person

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And in many cases made things much worse."
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Thomas Sowell is a very private person...
Duration
10 seconds
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56
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:52
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Free To Choose Enterprise

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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.
[ music ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
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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