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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

But what he appreciatedwas that at the University of Chicago, economics wasa full-contact...

But what he appreciated
was that at the University of Chicago, economics was
a full-contact sport where you had to defend your
position rigorously, otherwise you got wasted

Full Transcript

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But what he appreciated was that
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at the University of Chicago,
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economics was a full-contact sport
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where you had to defend your position rigorously,
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otherwise you got wasted.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:55
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.
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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He found out that people in the government - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
He found out that people in the government
And that's what shocked him and caused him - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
And that's what shocked him and caused him
So it wasn't academia that caused him - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
So it wasn't academia that caused him
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He actually taught in the years leading up to that at Cornell, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:18
He actually taught in the years leading up to that at Cornel...
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Like many other colleges, it became a focal point - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
Like many other colleges, it became a focal point
When armed black students took over a building on campus, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
When armed black students took over a building on campus,