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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

It was my last yearor two at home that we finally had a telephone

It was my last year
or two at home that we finally had a telephone

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It was my last year or two at home
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that we finally had a telephone.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:09:07
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.
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,
I mean, at some point I would have learned - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
I mean, at some point I would have learned
When you start getting in the habit of reading - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
When you start getting in the habit of reading
Thanks to that same friend, Eddie, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
Thanks to that same friend, Eddie,
The grade school he attended in Harlem was a good one. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
The grade school he attended in Harlem was a good one.
But when it came time for junior high school, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
But when it came time for junior high school,
When I finished elementary school, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
When I finished elementary school,
And I got transferred to a much better school. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
And I got transferred to a much better school.
Had I gone to that other school, again, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Had I gone to that other school, again,