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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

And I realizedthe U.S. Department of Labor had its own agendaand interests, and that did...

[ music ] And I realized
the U.S. Department of Labor had its own agenda
and interests, and that did not
necessarily mean that whether poor people lost
their jobs for minimum wage or got higher pay
was their highest priority

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And I realized the U.S. Department of Labor
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had its own agenda and interests,
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and that did not necessarily mean
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that whether poor people lost their jobs for minimum wage
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or got higher pay was their highest priority.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:14
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.
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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,
Blacks had been recruited to Cornell under lower standards - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Blacks had been recruited to Cornell under lower standards
For Sowell, it was an example of the unintended consequences - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
For Sowell, it was an example of the unintended consequences
Tom's tenure at Cornell - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
Tom's tenure at Cornell
I think it left a very, very bitter taste in his mouth. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
I think it left a very, very bitter taste in his mouth.
He discovered that many black students at Cornell, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
He discovered that many black students at Cornell,
And that's when he first came up with the idea - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
And that's when he first came up with the idea
That is, black students who would do very well - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
That is, black students who would do very well
The average black student at MIT - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
The average black student at MIT
But he is in the top 90% of all American students in math. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
But he is in the top 90% of all American students in math.
Something like 1/4 of all the black students going to MIT - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Something like 1/4 of all the black students going to MIT