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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

So it is now onlywithin our own time that we suddenly seethis inevitable tragedy which the...

So it is now only
within our own time that we suddenly see
this inevitable tragedy which the welfare system says
it's going to rush in to solve

Full Transcript

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So it is now only within our own time
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that we suddenly see this inevitable tragedy
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which the welfare system says it's going to rush in to solve.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:16
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.
It's been 40 years since the show aired, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
It's been 40 years since the show aired,
Whether the topic is race, crime, immigration, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Whether the topic is race, crime, immigration,
Racists may prefer one race to another, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
Racists may prefer one race to another,
He's a sociologist who has written books - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
He's a sociologist who has written books
He is America's greatest contemporary living philosopher. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
He is America's greatest contemporary living philosophe...
For more than two decades, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
For more than two decades,
His story is both fascinating and illuminating. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
His story is both fascinating and illuminating.
Tom makes a very, very good point that general principles - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Tom makes a very, very good point that general principles
Tom is fearless not just in advancing unpopular opinions, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
Tom is fearless not just in advancing unpopular opinions,
Tom Sowell is known for his views - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Tom Sowell is known for his views
But I've also discovered some lesser-known - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:14
But I've also discovered some lesser-known
Over the next hour, we'll examine the life and career - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:15
Over the next hour, we'll examine the life and career
You were a Marxist at one time in your life. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
You were a Marxist at one time in your life.
What was your wake-up to what was wrong - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
What was your wake-up to what was wrong
You're about to meet one of the greatest minds - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
You're about to meet one of the greatest minds
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I took a summer job in the government, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
I took a summer job in the government,
And it was seeing the government from the inside - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
And it was seeing the government from the inside
The vision of the left, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
The vision of the left,