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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

He's reluctantto give interviews, and has been known tomake journalists wait years before...

He's reluctant
to give interviews, and has been known to
make journalists wait years before sitting down
to talk about his life and work

Full Transcript

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He's reluctant to give interviews,
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and has been known to make journalists wait years
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before sitting down to talk about his life and work.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:07
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.
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
So then what was your wake-up to what was wrong - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
So then what was your wake-up to what was wrong
I mean, I knew the second he did it, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I mean, I knew the second he did it,