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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

And Tom points outin his political writings there are no solutions,there are only...

And Tom points out
in his political writings there are no solutions,
there are only trade-offs

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And Tom points out in his political writings
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there are no solutions, there are only trade-offs.
Duration
7 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:55
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
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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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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