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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

Tom had moved to UCLA to escape the turmoilat Cornell, and then jumped intothe turmoil at...

Tom had moved to UCLA to escape the turmoil
at Cornell, and then jumped into
the turmoil at UCLA

Full Transcript

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Tom had moved to UCLA
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to escape the turmoil at Cornell,
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and then jumped into the turmoil at UCLA.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:10
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.
I was sitting in my office at UCLA one day - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
I was sitting in my office at UCLA one day
I heard all of this. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
I heard all of this.
And one of them said, "Well, how you doing, brother?" - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
And one of them said, "Well, how you doing, brother?&qu...
I am Mr. Sowell, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
I am Mr. Sowell,
Here was their natural ally laying down the law. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Here was their natural ally laying down the law.
"You're going to treat me - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:18
"You're going to treat me
I just walked in his office one day - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
I just walked in his office one day
You and Sowell used to joke about how few - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
You and Sowell used to joke about how few
Has much changed since then, and what was it like back then? - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
Has much changed since then, and what was it like back then?
There were relatively few blacks that we knew of - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
There were relatively few blacks that we knew of
It was Bill Buckley who made the suggestion - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
It was Bill Buckley who made the suggestion
Tom's done something in his career - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Tom's done something in his career
The true test of whether someone understands - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
The true test of whether someone understands
And Tom has the gift of being able to do that, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
And Tom has the gift of being able to do that,
I haven't been able to find a single country in the world - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
I haven't been able to find a single country in the wor...
I've seen many examples around the world of people - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
I've seen many examples around the world of people
Not one of them has followed any pattern at all - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Not one of them has followed any pattern at all
Many groups have remained in poverty - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Many groups have remained in poverty
At one time, black Americans did not have - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
At one time, black Americans did not have
Now we do, but because the civil rights struggle - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Now we do, but because the civil rights struggle