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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

But they were interestedin education and they were interested in me

But they were interested
in education and they were interested in me

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But they were interested in education
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and they were interested in me.
Duration
5 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:35
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.
Tom was raised by a great aunt and her adult children. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Tom was raised by a great aunt and her adult children.
The family moved to New York City's - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
The family moved to New York City's
"My great fear is that a black child - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:39
"My great fear is that a black child
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He rode double-decker buses - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
He rode double-decker buses
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[ Train wheels clacking ]
It was my last year or two at home - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
It was my last year or two at home
We had a radio. We never had a television. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
We had a radio. We never had a television.
But in another sense, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
But in another sense,
While coming of age in Harlem, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
While coming of age in Harlem,
[ Children shout playfully ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
[ Children shout playfully ]
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And I saw all these books, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
And I saw all these books,
And so, what am I gonna do with all these, you know, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
And so, what am I gonna do with all these, you know,
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And he very patiently walked me through the whole thing. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
And he very patiently walked me through the whole thing.
And again, I was very reluctant to take out a library card - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
And again, I was very reluctant to take out a library card
And really, had I not encountered him, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
And really, had I not encountered him,