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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

My whole careerwould not have been possible without the particular familyin which I was...

My whole career
would not have been possible without the particular family
in which I was raised, which was not composed
of educated people

Full Transcript

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My whole career would not have been possible
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without the particular family in which I was raised,
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which was not composed of educated people.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:21
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.
I mean, nobody in that family had ever graduated - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I mean, nobody in that family had ever graduated
But they were interested in education - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
But they were interested in education
Tom was raised by a great aunt and her adult children. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Tom was raised by a great aunt and her adult children.
The family moved to New York City's - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
The family moved to New York City's
"My great fear is that a black child - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:39
"My great fear is that a black child
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He rode double-decker buses - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
He rode double-decker buses
[ Train wheels clacking ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
[ Train wheels clacking ]
It was my last year or two at home - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
It was my last year or two at home
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.