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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

When Hoover offered himthe opportunity to basically pay himto be Tom Sowell, he took it,...

When Hoover offered him
the opportunity to basically pay him
to be Tom Sowell, he took it, and he can write
what he wants to write when he wants to write,
as much or as little, but he's always been
very, very productive

Full Transcript

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When Hoover offered him the opportunity
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to basically pay him to be Tom Sowell,
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he took it, and he can write what he wants to write
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when he wants to write, as much or as little,
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but he's always been very, very productive.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:09
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.
How would you describe Tom to someone - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
How would you describe Tom to someone
And by that, I mean Tom looks at evidence - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
And by that, I mean Tom looks at evidence
And then he offers a prognosis, and he's not interested as much, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:14
And then he offers a prognosis, and he's not interested...
You point out that depending on - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
You point out that depending on
Yes, that if you look at the Chinese - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Yes, that if you look at the Chinese
The people who have come in since World War II - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
The people who have come in since World War II
They've come in with a different set of experiences - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
They've come in with a different set of experiences
Many of them are the poverty-stricken Chinese - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:18
Many of them are the poverty-stricken Chinese
The American employer is probably totally unaware - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
The American employer is probably totally unaware
It's only the people who work with the data - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
It's only the people who work with the data
"It takes considerable knowledge - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:17
"It takes considerable knowledge
To gather material for his extensive writings - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
To gather material for his extensive writings
As an amateur photographer, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
As an amateur photographer,
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[ Camera shutter clicks ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:14
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He went around the world and analyzed - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
He went around the world and analyzed
One of Tom's discoveries was that - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
One of Tom's discoveries was that
Too often the influence of geography on wealth - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Too often the influence of geography on wealth
But important as such differences are, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
But important as such differences are,
Why did Europe conquer Africa instead of vice versa? - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
Why did Europe conquer Africa instead of vice versa?