"Knowledge is an inherent restraint on power." - Thomas Sowell . From this reading. That's biblical stuff right there. Thank you for sharing this great mind with the masses.
@@garrettchristensen8074 Oh sure! I just felt like that qualification was vital and foundational to the truth of the original statement. You can verify my contention by simply reviewing history and observing that it was never simply education/knowledge OR armament has been taken by the tyrants and oppressors, its always BOTH.
Yet he never addresses the rotten root of central banks “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.” Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Sowell has worked most of his life to improve societies by providing the knowledge of things so actions would be based on real facts. Leaving emotions and political agendas aside.
@@helenjames4132 sadly many are living in world where the elite control the institutions that keep the masses in the dark. We need to take a deep breath and encourage people to use their given ability to develop a world view based on facts, minus emotions.
@@helenjames4132 We are. And the more we cultivate our ability to convey factual history, the more we can share Dr Sowell's work & philosophy. It's up to us to counter fiction with fact, to show reason and objectivity.
I'm listening to him in Ireland and he is probably ,nay definitely ,one of the wisest and truthful people on the Planet, Earth.His thoughts are as essential as the cleanest Air that we breathe. Hopefully his mind and body give him many more years so that he can counter much of the rubbish that's spoken today.
You're like a librarian who truly enjoys helping people find the exact material they are searching for, even when they aren't aware they should be looking for it, but if that librarian was also a great educator generating their own works as well.
@@Chad-Tyrone-Pookey yes. Sowell a own account of his dealings w/ the people in Reagans administration was disheartening in itself. Even when they wanted him around, politics always prevail.
5:30:00 - The Underdogs is a great chapter talking about how Sowell would appear disadvantaged by his upbringing as an orphan in the Jim Crow South, but his having 4 adopted parents gave him incredible advantages.
My deepest respect for mr Sowell . May god bless him and his ! A true scholar and a gentleman . Sincere thanks for uploading this and subbed to the channel . Looking forward to listening to more of your content
If your work inspires 10 more people to do what you’ve done then I believe you have you can find space in your heart for a more optimistic outlook. For the moment though we share your concern.
A "female" person, respected for her acumen, a few years back ,made what for me was a strange comment on Obama. Simply put, her comment boiled down to that Obama favors the Islamic doctrine, and not the Western way of life, and proceeded with many instances to prove her point. So now listening to this presentation, it would appear that she has had a valid point, more so on his dealings with Iran.
My only complaint: it would sound even better in Thomas Sowell’s voice. Does he ever read his own books out loud for audio? Don’t get me wrong, I do appreciate the job well done on reading his book. Sowell’s an awesome speaker and writer.
I know this may sound strange to some... but I am not really concerned with what kids and grand kids are going to have to go through. Right now, I have troubles many and numerous of my own to juggle, who was worrying about me and my generation a generation or two ago? Where is the evidence of that?
I love Thomas Sowell and I have learnt so much from him however on a few issues, I feel he mixes things up not out of ignorance but intentionally. Obama was a disappointment to many of us however his criticism of the Obama admin and everything it stands for makes you wonder if there is a single subject, he finds agreeable in that administration. Another example is his double standard on international geopolitics, American imperialism is good and should be maintained by all means while others should not be allowed to attain such goals i.e., we are the good guys, and they are the bad guys (US vs THEM). The last point is the one that spurred me to make this comment, his view on job security laws and unemployment in Europe/Germany. A quick check through OECD data disputes his hypothesis that unemployment rate is higher in countries like Germany where job security policies are enacted (3:49:00). I respect his knowledge and in-depth analysis and he has helped shaped my view on so many topics but while listening to this audiobook, I feel he is not as open-minded or fair in his assessments on some issues.
0:00:57 - Preface 0:05:27 - Government Policies 0:08:11 - Dismantling America 0:17:16 - Playing Freedom Cheap 0:21:43 - Pretty Talk and Ugly Realities 0:26:01 - The Blame Game 0:30:37 - Bowing to "World Opinion" 0:35:20 - Subsidizing Bad Decisions 0:39:36 - Are You an "Extremist"? 0:44:10 - Varieties of Nothing 0:48:32 - What Are They Buying? 0:52:53 - Cheap Political Theater 0:57:20 - The Limits of Power 1:01:53 - Serious or Suicidal? 1:06:13 - Are We France? 1:10:28 - Notional Security 1:14:51 - A Fatal Trajectory 1:29:26 - Survival Optional 1:23:59 - Words versus Realities 1:28:16 - Morally Paralyzed 1:32:52 - Point of No Return 1:37:24 - Something for Nothing? 1:41:39 - Political Issues 1:46:25 - The Art of the Impossible 1:51:05 - Solving Whose Problem? 1:55:43 - It's Priceless 2:00:08 - Inept Republicans 2:04:34 - The Brainy Bunch 2:09:09 - Mascot Politics 2:13:29 - Utopia versus Freedom 2:18:02- Magic Words in Politics 2:22:30 - A War of Words 2:26:52 - Republicans in the Wilderness 2:31:19 - Burke and Obama 2:36:01 - Oily Politics 2:40:31 - Photographic Fraud 2:44:57 - Political Corruption 2:49:22 - Tragic Implications 2:53:43 - A Home Invader Program? 2:58:09 - An Ugly Reality 3:02:40 - Fables for Adults 3:06:51 - Economic Issues 3:08:53 - Tax Cuts and "Trickle Down" 3:13:28 - Income Confusion 3:17:47 - Upside Down Economics 3:22:05 - An Economic Whodunit 3:26:41 - False Solutions and Real Problems 3:31:03 - Curing Poverty or Using Poverty? 3:35:20 - The "Greed" Fallacy 3:39:31 - Payday Loans 3:43:58 - Stimulus or Sedative? 3:48:37 - French Student Riots 3:53:07 - That "Top One Percent" 3:57:30 - Race and Economics 4:02:04 - The "Costs" of Medical Care 4:20:11 - Jobs or Snow Jobs? 4:25:00 - A Glimmer of Hope 4:29:40 - An Off-Budget Office? 4:34:11 - Cultural Issues 4:37:00 - Taking America for Granted 4:41:32 - De-Programming Students 4:45:48 - Attention-Getters 4:50:02 - Mind-Changing Books 4:54:26 - The Great Escape 4:58:57 - The Fallacy of "Fairness" 5:17:24 - Adolescent Intellectuals 5:22:00 - Ivan and Boris Again 5:26:32 - An Investment in Failure 5:31:00 - The Underdogs 5:35:33 - Artificial Stupidity 5:40:06 - Too Many Apologies 5:44:34 - The Bullet Counters 5:48:50 - Old Boxing Matches 5:53:16 - The Right to Win 5:57:32 - Freedom and the Left 6:01:48 - The Gratingest Generation 6:06:09 - The "Science" Mantra 6:10:43 - "Intellectuals" 6:15:04 - Autism Cures? 6:19:25 - All the "News"? 6:23:55 - Myths of '68 6:28:28 - Say It Ain't So 6:32:37 - Preserving a Vision 6:37:24 - Legal Issues 6:42:36 - "Empathy" versus Law 6:51:34 - The Legal Meatgrinder 6:56:00 - Supreme Farce 7:00:23 - The Left and Crime 7:09:15 - High-Stakes Courts 7:13:28 - The Duke R%$# Case 7:30:59 - Good Riddance 7:35:31 - A Tangled Web 7:40:11 - Talking Points 7:44:33 - Gay "Marriage" 7:48:48 - Tabloid TV "Justice" 7:53:03 - Random Thoughts
Kamala Harris was named after Kamala in Siddhartha. mala means bad in Spanish, acajudi100 UA-cam in my 82nd year. Hola from Queretaro. RIP STUDS AND JAMES. THANK you.
Are there any topics that any of you disagree with in his book? I just finished reading it, cover to cover. I enjoyed it very much and probably agree with most of it. However, what I strongly disagree with him is: 1. Gay Marriage chapter- He only dedicates about 3 pages to this chapter. I think his arguments, if they can be called that, are very weak. His example of "the law that permits automobiles to drive on highways but forbids bicycles from doing the same thing" was very weak and I can still use that same example as a counter-argument, even though he claims that, "the US Constitution applies to people, not actions", while we can clearly see many actions that are allowed and not allowed in the Constitution and/or Amendments. He goes on to say that gays argue against a ban on gay marriage "but marriage has for centuries mean a union of a man and a woman. There is no gay marriage to ban," he writes. So I ask, if there wasn't a ban on gay marriage, why wouldn't judges marry them before or why couldn't gays marry? If judges don't marry gays because it's not a right in the constitution, then it's a ban. And just because the meaning of marriage has always meant the union of man and woman, this doesn't mean people who favor gay marriage want the definition to be changed. Make up a different word for it, if that makes you happy, and let gays or lesbians enjoy the same rights as heterosexuals. And him considering hetero-marriage more dignifying or valid because "children may result from their union", as he writes, is really discriminatory. For the record, if it makes any difference, I am heterosexual. I only like girls. In this same Gay Marriage chapter, which I think there should have been a different one and should have explained very much in detail, he goes on to say that "in the absence of marriage laws, a husband could dump his wife at will and she could lose decades of investment in their relationship. Marriage laws seek to recoup some of that investment for her through alimony when divorce occurs." Adding to this is that men should not get alimony because "what are these ex-husbands being compensated for?" I'm not even going to bother answering. But if he ever picked up a book from the thousands citing how marriage laws, criminal laws and divorce laws end up hurting husbands or men to the point of being criminal while women benefit at men's expense, he would know the answer to what he's asking. People who put women on a pedestal just for being women are known by several names: simp, mangina, blue-pilled, beta or white-knight. Sowell clearly fits any of these labels and brings me to his other chapter and next point which proves it even more. 2. The Duke Rape Case chapters. I completely or mostly agree with all of his arguments. He mostly dedicated more pages and more parts to this chapter than probably most of the other ones. However, it's what he didn't write about that convinces me that he is a white-knight. In short, he mostly blames the Attorney General for doing a very poor job handling the case and dragging it along just to further or secure his career. And this is a lot of what he talks about. However. Why did he mention the stripper who brought the false charges very little? He should written more negatively about her and explain how the stripper should have been sentenced to the same total amount of years in prison that each of the college students would have received if convicted. He stayed silent on this and indicates that he uses double standards to judge men and women. Overall, the book was very enjoyable to read.
Mr. Sowell has great & thoughtful insights on economic & social domestic-issues. Yet his geopolitical takes are ignorant & misguiding. "A man of words & not of deeds is a garden full of weeds" Sadly longtime in his ivory towers he drank too much of our US poisoned kool-aid :(
He thinks in such rigid 'public societal' narratives at times it sounds too off reality... A mix between chomskies understanding of hidden power and sowells detailed internal analysis, would be something to teach all.. his take on the middle east issue is unpalatable
My only criticism about Sowell is that he has fallen into the trap of Israeli propaganda, and I will give you an example that you will find in this collection of essays: He complains about Iran not following the UN resolutions, but the nation with more UN resolutions ignored is nonother than Israel. Just check this fact regardless of your feelings about Israel.
Love Sowell’s intellect and brilliant analysis of political and economic trends. I get that Sowell hates President Obama. But to routinely listen to what sounds to me like the bitter and deranged ramblings of a hateful old man directed at one President is a bit much. Just sayin…
4:31:00 "Numbers do not speak for themselves. Politicians, the media, and others speak for them... Very loudly, very cleverly, and often very wrongly." -Thomas Sowell
For a brilliant man, Sowell does not understand the implications of his statements at times, particularly his complaints of housing/rent control. There are indeed ways of implementing rent control that does not deflate demand such that housing costs increase; to make that claim is incoherent, assumes there is no other way of effectuating rent control aside from that in coastal california, and that any government influence is bad. We compare this statement to the policies of the Scandinavian nations and much of Europe were something akin to rent control, or even rent vouchers for students, are given. We see no outrageous rise in costs despite the government imposing cost restrictions to help its people. So, too, Sowell misses this on many issues which is more an observation of the limitations of economics which is lame, sees everything in clean black and white terms like "tradeoffs" and "marginal" costs, "externalities" and ignores the most basic truth: humans are not autonomous nor even semi autonomous. Sowell is most disappointing for missing this point.
Have managed to listen to the end, and content that I did so, firstly because at my age of 83 I feel that I am not alone to think like the person that wrote this presentation, secondly because I did not find a single point that I disagreed with. It reminds me of the literature professor in my last year of High School, when he made us learn by ourselves by giving us the task of finding the proposals of "Adam Smith" for half of the class and of "Karl Marx" for the other half But later telling us that we had to confront each other for the pros and cons of each. This forced us to study what the opposition would have in favor against the other group. THANK YOU is not enough, and this presentation should be introduced in all High Schools, not leaving it to universities.
1:34:30 "Intelligence agenices have neither the manpower, time, money, nor interest, to listen in on you and your aunt Mabel." Guess this was a few years before Snowden, huh.
No he is saying that’s a bunch of fear Porn that is hardly accurate. Snowden is most likely used by intelligence agencies to help them spread fear and paranoia
A true American intellectual.
My admiration .
"Knowledge is an inherent restraint on power." - Thomas Sowell . From this reading. That's biblical stuff right there. Thank you for sharing this great mind with the masses.
Except in politics
Only if backed up by the ability and will to use force.
@@andrewhinson4323 don't disagree at all. Was just quoting the man.
@@garrettchristensen8074 Oh sure! I just felt like that qualification was vital and foundational to the truth of the original statement.
You can verify my contention by simply reviewing history and observing that it was never simply education/knowledge OR armament has been taken by the tyrants and oppressors, its always BOTH.
Yet he never addresses the rotten root of central banks “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.” Thomas Jefferson
I am listening to this book in 2022. It is a classic that is relevant today as when it first came out. Great.
Thomas Sowell has worked most of his life to improve societies by providing the knowledge of things so actions would be based on real facts. Leaving emotions and political agendas aside.
Yes, who’s listening to him? Who’s heeding his advice?
@@helenjames4132 sadly many are living in world where the elite control the institutions that keep the masses in the dark. We need to take a deep breath and encourage people to use their given ability to develop a world view based on facts, minus emotions.
@@helenjames4132
We are.
And the more we cultivate our ability to convey factual history, the more we can share Dr Sowell's work & philosophy.
It's up to us to counter fiction with fact, to show reason and objectivity.
I'm listening to him in Ireland and he is probably ,nay definitely ,one of the wisest and truthful people on the Planet, Earth.His thoughts are as essential as the cleanest Air that we breathe. Hopefully his mind and body give him many more years so that he can counter much of the rubbish that's spoken today.
@@sv3931I loved this 😆🙏🏾💯
Mr. Sowell is a true patriot.
Dr
@@aecee5687 I’m Beardy you don’t have to call me Dr.
Thomas Sowell is just brilliant and rooted in facts and truths and children need to learn his works!
Mr.so well please.speak.on.china.evrrgrand.and.the.debts.accure.to.the.u.s.a.through.wall.street.and.black.rock.and.the.i.m.f.
8 dislikes? Some people just don’t like truth.
Some people do not know how to spell the word truth.
I'm not sure how many of those "dislikes" actually read or listened to any of Mr. Sowell's argument.
@@davidtupua7357 I think they read Casey's comment and changed their minds.
There are plenty of useful idiots on UA-cam.
ah the time when we could see dislikes, after Biden got "elected" they couldn't let us see how many dislikes his videos were getting.
You're like a librarian who truly enjoys helping people find the exact material they are searching for, even when they aren't aware they should be looking for it, but if that librarian was also a great educator generating their own works as well.
Jordan Peterson is also a curator of great content :)
Well put!
Since he speaks essential truth as common sense he must be ignored by the powerful greedy ignoranti.
ANY room Mr. Sowell walks in , he is immediately THE SMARTEST MAN IN THE ROOM! Period!
Who is the reader? The voice is perfect for his readings it sounds like Mr.Sowell himself is reading.
Thank God for Thomas Sowell
Thank you for providing this book from the philosophical and economic genius of our time
Admiring your work; thank you!
Thank you too!
Thank you for sharing this unvaluable content.
It's my pleasure
thanks BE THOMAS SOWELL SMARTEST MAN IN AMERICA ENJOYED AUDIO BOOK/& SUBED!
Thomas Sowell. Oh if our countries leaders would listen.
If the right leaders listened, the current ones we had wouldn't be there
They’re listening and laughing at us , the plebeians, the peasants.
@@Chad-Tyrone-Pookey yes. Sowell a own account of his dealings w/ the people in Reagans administration was disheartening in itself. Even when they wanted him around, politics always prevail.
if ANYONE would listen
It’s the people who need to listen. But fantasy football is soooo fun!
One brilliant man of my lifetime
Thanks for being here!
5:30:00 - The Underdogs is a great chapter talking about how Sowell would appear disadvantaged by his upbringing as an orphan in the Jim Crow South, but his having 4 adopted parents gave him incredible advantages.
My deepest respect for mr Sowell . May god bless him and his ! A true scholar and a gentleman . Sincere thanks for uploading this and subbed to the channel . Looking forward to listening to more of your content
Well said
“Biden is the proof of the failure of our education system”. But yet, all I hear about is how educated liberals are…
There is difference between education and learning. It is amazing to me that the people think the only place to learn is in school.
I reach far more minds on youtube than in 20 years in a classroom
Being educated and being intelligent can be mutually exclusive
Understand that indoctrination is still education. Just education in a specific viewpoint with a specialized curriculum.
Obama came out … makes him perfect , no ? 😊
Thank you for whoever posted this here!
If you go down we go too! Let's pray God keeps sending good men like T.Sowell to enlightened the mind with knowledge and facts to nurture the spirit.
If your work inspires 10 more people to do what you’ve done then I believe you have you can find space in your heart for a more optimistic outlook. For the moment though we share your concern.
Thank you for this very thoughtful comment.
well said...well said.
@@bratyanow
...but not well written.
Punctuation aids clarity and impact. 😉✌️
This man is a treasure
Thank you 🙏 Dr. Sowell for giving us the Definition of Marxism! Because in this day and age I’m beginning to Wonder 💭? All day long Yahoo
Oh we are here.
This book becomes more relevant every year.
Truth be told!
Brilliant ....
Thanks, hope you enjoy the other videos on the channel!
A "female" person, respected for her acumen, a few years back ,made what for me was a strange comment on Obama. Simply put, her comment boiled down to that Obama favors the Islamic doctrine, and not the Western way of life, and proceeded with many instances to prove her point. So now listening to this presentation, it would appear that she has had a valid point, more so on his dealings with Iran.
I can guarantee you that Obama is free of us and we are free of him.
Sincerely yours,
A Muslim
My only complaint: it would sound even better in Thomas Sowell’s voice. Does he ever read his own books out loud for audio? Don’t get me wrong, I do appreciate the job well done on reading his book. Sowell’s an awesome speaker and writer.
Sowell is so prescient. All this is much more relevant now.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING ❤
5:57:50 they are not opposed to freedom
They are just in favor of many things that are inCompatable with
Absolute genius!
This genius
Thomas is so correct
Sowell's work should be required reading at schools.
6:23:53 An honest appraisal of that horrible year.
Well look at where we are now
I know this may sound strange to some... but I am not really concerned with what kids and grand kids are going to have to go through. Right now, I have troubles many and numerous of my own to juggle, who was worrying about me and my generation a generation or two ago? Where is the evidence of that?
Buy the book.
3:43:58 In this chapter he talks about how Obama forced banks to accept tarp even when they didn’t want it.
7:05:00 in vogue around here
-3:30:46 slavery
-3:21:16 if you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything
3:20:00 decline of Roman Empire made him sad
I love Thomas Sowell and I have learnt so much from him however on a few issues, I feel he mixes things up not out of ignorance but intentionally. Obama was a disappointment to many of us however his criticism of the Obama admin and everything it stands for makes you wonder if there is a single subject, he finds agreeable in that administration. Another example is his double standard on international geopolitics, American imperialism is good and should be maintained by all means while others should not be allowed to attain such goals i.e., we are the good guys, and they are the bad guys (US vs THEM). The last point is the one that spurred me to make this comment, his view on job security laws and unemployment in Europe/Germany. A quick check through OECD data disputes his hypothesis that unemployment rate is higher in countries like Germany where job security policies are enacted (3:49:00). I respect his knowledge and in-depth analysis and he has helped shaped my view on so many topics but while listening to this audiobook, I feel he is not as open-minded or fair in his assessments on some issues.
25:00 retaliatory strikes
2:53:00 guest worker programs
We’re really living through the hall of America and possibly the entire West
2:49:10 The enemy of good is better.
Anyone have the chapters and times?
0:00:57 - Preface
0:05:27 - Government Policies
0:08:11 - Dismantling America
0:17:16 - Playing Freedom Cheap
0:21:43 - Pretty Talk and Ugly Realities
0:26:01 - The Blame Game
0:30:37 - Bowing to "World Opinion"
0:35:20 - Subsidizing Bad Decisions
0:39:36 - Are You an "Extremist"?
0:44:10 - Varieties of Nothing
0:48:32 - What Are They Buying?
0:52:53 - Cheap Political Theater
0:57:20 - The Limits of Power
1:01:53 - Serious or Suicidal?
1:06:13 - Are We France?
1:10:28 - Notional Security
1:14:51 - A Fatal Trajectory
1:29:26 - Survival Optional
1:23:59 - Words versus Realities
1:28:16 - Morally Paralyzed
1:32:52 - Point of No Return
1:37:24 - Something for Nothing?
1:41:39 - Political Issues
1:46:25 - The Art of the Impossible
1:51:05 - Solving Whose Problem?
1:55:43 - It's Priceless
2:00:08 - Inept Republicans
2:04:34 - The Brainy Bunch
2:09:09 - Mascot Politics
2:13:29 - Utopia versus Freedom
2:18:02- Magic Words in Politics
2:22:30 - A War of Words
2:26:52 - Republicans in the Wilderness
2:31:19 - Burke and Obama
2:36:01 - Oily Politics
2:40:31 - Photographic Fraud
2:44:57 - Political Corruption
2:49:22 - Tragic Implications
2:53:43 - A Home Invader Program?
2:58:09 - An Ugly Reality
3:02:40 - Fables for Adults
3:06:51 - Economic Issues
3:08:53 - Tax Cuts and "Trickle Down"
3:13:28 - Income Confusion
3:17:47 - Upside Down Economics
3:22:05 - An Economic Whodunit
3:26:41 - False Solutions and Real Problems
3:31:03 - Curing Poverty or Using Poverty?
3:35:20 - The "Greed" Fallacy
3:39:31 - Payday Loans
3:43:58 - Stimulus or Sedative?
3:48:37 - French Student Riots
3:53:07 - That "Top One Percent"
3:57:30 - Race and Economics
4:02:04 - The "Costs" of Medical Care
4:20:11 - Jobs or Snow Jobs?
4:25:00 - A Glimmer of Hope
4:29:40 - An Off-Budget Office?
4:34:11 - Cultural Issues
4:37:00 - Taking America for Granted
4:41:32 - De-Programming Students
4:45:48 - Attention-Getters
4:50:02 - Mind-Changing Books
4:54:26 - The Great Escape
4:58:57 - The Fallacy of "Fairness"
5:17:24 - Adolescent Intellectuals
5:22:00 - Ivan and Boris Again
5:26:32 - An Investment in Failure
5:31:00 - The Underdogs
5:35:33 - Artificial Stupidity
5:40:06 - Too Many Apologies
5:44:34 - The Bullet Counters
5:48:50 - Old Boxing Matches
5:53:16 - The Right to Win
5:57:32 - Freedom and the Left
6:01:48 - The Gratingest Generation
6:06:09 - The "Science" Mantra
6:10:43 - "Intellectuals"
6:15:04 - Autism Cures?
6:19:25 - All the "News"?
6:23:55 - Myths of '68
6:28:28 - Say It Ain't So
6:32:37 - Preserving a Vision
6:37:24 - Legal Issues
6:42:36 - "Empathy" versus Law
6:51:34 - The Legal Meatgrinder
6:56:00 - Supreme Farce
7:00:23 - The Left and Crime
7:09:15 - High-Stakes Courts
7:13:28 - The Duke R%$# Case
7:30:59 - Good Riddance
7:35:31 - A Tangled Web
7:40:11 - Talking Points
7:44:33 - Gay "Marriage"
7:48:48 - Tabloid TV "Justice"
7:53:03 - Random Thoughts
Thank you! Gotta love T S - thanks for the upload! :)
That last line is heart-wrenching
16:00 mollify our enemies
35:18 subsidizing bad decisions 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 how can housing become more affordable unless prices fall?
true as a an ocean full of oil
2:58:00
Mascot Politics, (secretaries),now SupremeCourt2022
I love your concern but you'll be fine.
I think. Overall.
California maybe nooot but oh yeah
America I am afraid no longer thinks
Kamala Harris was named after Kamala in Siddhartha. mala means bad in Spanish, acajudi100 UA-cam in my 82nd year. Hola from Queretaro. RIP STUDS AND JAMES. THANK you.
5:29:20 working class as pawns marx
Clark Gary Martin Kenneth Rodriguez Donna
Sowell has little to do w/ uploads or audio "product". Adore hearing the "man" read his own great worx. garrick i davis sr
My wife likes horror movies. I like reading Sowell.
Are there any topics that any of you disagree with in his book? I just finished reading it, cover to cover. I enjoyed it very much and probably agree with most of it. However, what I strongly disagree with him is:
1. Gay Marriage chapter- He only dedicates about 3 pages to this chapter. I think his arguments, if they can be called that, are very weak. His example of "the law that permits automobiles to drive on highways but forbids bicycles from doing the same thing" was very weak and I can still use that same example as a counter-argument, even though he claims that, "the US Constitution applies to people, not actions", while we can clearly see many actions that are allowed and not allowed in the Constitution and/or Amendments. He goes on to say that gays argue against a ban on gay marriage "but marriage has for centuries mean a union of a man and a woman. There is no gay marriage to ban," he writes. So I ask, if there wasn't a ban on gay marriage, why wouldn't judges marry them before or why couldn't gays marry? If judges don't marry gays because it's not a right in the constitution, then it's a ban. And just because the meaning of marriage has always meant the union of man and woman, this doesn't mean people who favor gay marriage want the definition to be changed. Make up a different word for it, if that makes you happy, and let gays or lesbians enjoy the same rights as heterosexuals. And him considering hetero-marriage more dignifying or valid because "children may result from their union", as he writes, is really discriminatory. For the record, if it makes any difference, I am heterosexual. I only like girls.
In this same Gay Marriage chapter, which I think there should have been a different one and should have explained very much in detail, he goes on to say that "in the absence of marriage laws, a husband could dump his wife at will and she could lose decades of investment in their relationship. Marriage laws seek to recoup some of that investment for her through alimony when divorce occurs." Adding to this is that men should not get alimony because "what are these ex-husbands being compensated for?" I'm not even going to bother answering. But if he ever picked up a book from the thousands citing how marriage laws, criminal laws and divorce laws end up hurting husbands or men to the point of being criminal while women benefit at men's expense, he would know the answer to what he's asking. People who put women on a pedestal just for being women are known by several names: simp, mangina, blue-pilled, beta or white-knight. Sowell clearly fits any of these labels and brings me to his other chapter and next point which proves it even more.
2. The Duke Rape Case chapters. I completely or mostly agree with all of his arguments. He mostly dedicated more pages and more parts to this chapter than probably most of the other ones. However, it's what he didn't write about that convinces me that he is a white-knight. In short, he mostly blames the Attorney General for doing a very poor job handling the case and dragging it along just to further or secure his career. And this is a lot of what he talks about. However. Why did he mention the stripper who brought the false charges very little? He should written more negatively about her and explain how the stripper should have been sentenced to the same total amount of years in prison that each of the college students would have received if convicted. He stayed silent on this and indicates that he uses double standards to judge men and women. Overall, the book was very enjoyable to read.
Haha. To answer you. You missed what the point was.
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Mr. Sowell has great & thoughtful insights on economic & social domestic-issues. Yet his geopolitical takes are ignorant & misguiding. "A man of words & not of deeds is a garden full of weeds" Sadly longtime in his ivory towers he drank too much of our US poisoned kool-aid :(
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We all know there’s books in him he never got around to writing. 😢
Question...would he thought intelligent if he were to complete any of these essays into a complete book?
He has gone through many of these topics at length in other books so yes
He thinks in such rigid 'public societal' narratives at times it sounds too off reality... A mix between chomskies understanding of hidden power and sowells detailed internal analysis, would be something to teach all.. his take on the middle east issue is unpalatable
Is that the best you could come up with? Not much substance there. Just saying.
Adrian Dumitru, how so??
Yeah, I like his economic, cultural and societal analysis, but his political outlook is laughable if not outright infantile.
Something for Nothing? 2005ish
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My only criticism about Sowell is that he has fallen into the trap of Israeli propaganda, and I will give you an example that you will find in this collection of essays: He complains about Iran not following the UN resolutions, but the nation with more UN resolutions ignored is nonother than Israel. Just check this fact regardless of your feelings about Israel.
Fact: UN is well known for its Anti-Israel resolutions ... And Pro-palestinian agenda ... UN has lost its "Credibility" even with America ... !!!
quite naturally , like a caveman, his primal concern is to be on the winning side , and, ultimately, hed admit it and shrug it off .
Agreed
Thank God the Israelis are not religious fanatics.
Well if you put faith in the UN you are blind
Love Sowell’s intellect and brilliant analysis of political and economic trends. I get that Sowell hates President Obama. But to routinely listen to what sounds to me like the bitter and deranged ramblings of a hateful old man directed at one President is a bit much. Just sayin…
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Stick to economics
4:31:00
"Numbers do not speak for themselves. Politicians, the media, and others speak for them... Very loudly, very cleverly, and often very wrongly."
-Thomas Sowell
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For a brilliant man, Sowell does not understand the implications of his statements at times, particularly his complaints of housing/rent control. There are indeed ways of implementing rent control that does not deflate demand such that housing costs increase; to make that claim is incoherent, assumes there is no other way of effectuating rent control aside from that in coastal california, and that any government influence is bad. We compare this statement to the policies of the Scandinavian nations and much of Europe were something akin to rent control, or even rent vouchers for students, are given. We see no outrageous rise in costs despite the government imposing cost restrictions to help its people. So, too, Sowell misses this on many issues which is more an observation of the limitations of economics which is lame, sees everything in clean black and white terms like "tradeoffs" and "marginal" costs, "externalities" and ignores the most basic truth: humans are not autonomous nor even semi autonomous. Sowell is most disappointing for missing this point.
Great book. Now here's some shitty music
Thank you for providing this book from the philosophical and economic genius of our time
Have managed to listen to the end, and content that I did so, firstly because at my age of 83 I feel that I am not alone to think like the person that wrote this presentation, secondly because I did not find a single point that I disagreed with.
It reminds me of the literature professor in my last year of High School, when he made us learn by ourselves by giving us the task of finding the proposals of "Adam Smith" for half of the class and of "Karl Marx" for the other half But later telling us that we had to confront each other for the pros and cons of each. This forced us to study what the opposition would have in favor against the other group.
THANK YOU is not enough, and this presentation should be introduced in all High Schools, not leaving it to universities.
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1:34:30 "Intelligence agenices have neither the manpower, time, money, nor interest, to listen in on you and your aunt Mabel."
Guess this was a few years before Snowden, huh.
No he is saying that’s a bunch of fear Porn that is hardly accurate. Snowden is most likely used by intelligence agencies to help them spread fear and paranoia
Im looking thru the merch
We Want Mr Sowell On The Gym String Bag
need scrolling timestamp references. being his 90's he points to things in all eras consistently
This whole thing is brilliant, wow thanks!
Tom revives the era of the muckrakers--
good job!
What a wonderful read and also a delight to listen to at work. Thank you for this.
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