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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

Thomas Sowell'sessays and weekly columns have appeared in more than300 newspapers and...

[ Laughs ] [ music ] Thomas Sowell's
essays and weekly columns have appeared in more than
300 newspapers and periodicals, including "The New York Times,"
"The Wall Street Journal," "Forbes," and "Fortune"
magazines

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Thomas Sowell's essays and weekly columns
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have appeared in more than 300 newspapers and periodicals,
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including "The New York Times," "The Wall Street Journal,"
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"Forbes," and "Fortune" magazines.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:25
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Free To Choose Enterprise

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Movie Summary

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.
While many found Sowell's empirically based arguments - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
While many found Sowell's empirically based arguments
You once told me that Tom's not interested - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
You once told me that Tom's not interested
He's interested in telling people what the data show. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
He's interested in telling people what the data show.
What the data shows, and he is counter -- - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:20
What the data shows, and he is counter --
And then the results tend to bother people - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
And then the results tend to bother people
And then, as an African-American intellectual, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
And then, as an African-American intellectual,
He doesn't make friends or enemies - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
He doesn't make friends or enemies
On December 27, 2016, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
On December 27, 2016,
I'd read his column for decades and always look forward to it, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
I'd read his column for decades and always look forward...
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Most of the postings were along the lines of, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
Most of the postings were along the lines of,
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I don't need to be watching -- - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
I don't need to be watching --
But at the same time, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
But at the same time,
Yes, when I can go out there and get the hard data - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Yes, when I can go out there and get the hard data
In dozens of books and numerous television appearances - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:15
In dozens of books and numerous television appearances
Sowell has spent his adult life proudly sharing - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Sowell has spent his adult life proudly sharing
For some, he's a clear thinker full of common sense. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
For some, he's a clear thinker full of common sense.
What no one can doubt is the courage - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
What no one can doubt is the courage
If you could offer one sentence of counsel to some sophomore - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
If you could offer one sentence of counsel to some sophomore