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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

And while they werefavorably received, the economic restrictionsin Germany at the time...

And while they were
favorably received, the economic restrictions
in Germany at the time made him realize
that if he was to succeed, he would have to take
his skills elsewhere

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And while they were favorably received,
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the economic restrictions in Germany at the time
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made him realize that if he was to succeed,
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he would have to take his skills elsewhere.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:25
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.
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They created an instrument that within 10 years, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
They created an instrument that within 10 years,
Very often people talk - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
Very often people talk
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"It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
"It's amazing how much panic one honest man can sp...
"The Thomas Sowell Reader," 2011. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
"The Thomas Sowell Reader," 2011.
"Intellectuals and Race," 2013. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
"Intellectuals and Race," 2013.
A new edition of your classic work - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
A new edition of your classic work
"Wealth, Poverty and Politics," 2015. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
"Wealth, Poverty and Politics," 2015.
And now, 2018, "Discrimination and Disparities." - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
And now, 2018, "Discrimination and Disparities."
I just listed the books you've published - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
I just listed the books you've published
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[ Laughs ]
While many found Sowell's empirically based arguments - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
While many found Sowell's empirically based arguments
You once told me that Tom's not interested - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
You once told me that Tom's not interested
He's interested in telling people what the data show. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
He's interested in telling people what the data show.
What the data shows, and he is counter -- - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:20
What the data shows, and he is counter --
And then the results tend to bother people - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
And then the results tend to bother people
And then, as an African-American intellectual, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
And then, as an African-American intellectual,
He doesn't make friends or enemies - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
He doesn't make friends or enemies