Thomas Sowell: Mythbuster
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- Опубліковано 23 бер 2017
- Thomas Sowell doesn't have an axe to grind, he just looks at the data and presents the facts, no spin, no narrative, he lets the data do the talking.
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Thomas Sowell, one of the greatest men to ever walk the earth in the last 100 years.
I wonder how many blacks my age actually have read his works, my father and professors insisted on it. I gained a different sense of everything and a greater sense of knowledge that to this day still makes me think in a rational state that I am constantly and comically ostracized by people who have no clue. I find it amusing at times. I first heard of him in 1980......I was 15, and my father said start reading and learning from this man, you'll be more advanced that any of your friends.....he didn't lie! I continue to listen and learn today from those just like him!
Just hearing some of his interviews really changed my thought process. I’m planning on buying his books so I can read them now. I’m just happy I found him early when I can still really control my life.
One of the best things my father gave to me was Race and Economics.
Your parents were smart great people.
Sowell is full of $#!t.
Should of been the first Black president.
1. He's too smart for that. 2. Neither major party would support his campaign because his philosophy threatens the status quo. 3. His election wouldn't make any difference anyway.
Nonya Damnbusiness that's terribly pessimistic
Nonya Damnbusiness Republicans nor Democrats liked Trump, but it didn't matter what the party wanted, the people chose Trump. Trump is pretty much proof anyone can be president.
Cat Like Thief I've said this since the beginning. Trump was an independent candidate running on a Republican platform. In a way he was more Libertarian than Gary Johnson.
James Merone That's beside the point. You said the party wouldn't accept him like the parties have absolute say on who gets to run on their platform.
I recently discovered Sowell, and he's become my hero. I'm currently reading Basic economics, and have read economic facts and fallacies.
I think i'll need to work through his entire library.
Read Conflict of Visions, and maybe Ethnic America. Most of his books are extrapolations of, or more data supporting CoV. Ethnic America is good but getting dated.
I would also recommend thise of the austrian school of economics, such as Ludwig Von Mises and Friedrich Von Hayek. I would also highly recomend Frederik Bastiat.
StarWarsomania not a fan of audio books. i can read a regular book in a quarter the time, and due to being able to re-read passages I tend to come out with a better understanding too.
The New Patriot thanks. I've read the road to serfdom, which got me started on this road. will look into the others
Honest Mike Ah. Well, I find that I can listen and do menial tasks or when I'm driving around doing errands, and then I don't feel like ALL my free time is spent reading a long list of thick books. And also I'm less bored while doing laundry.
But you do you. 😉
Sowell spoken...
I cant believe I've never seen anyone (myself included) think this up.
Nice!! You win with that one. Made me smile
I LOVE Sowell's academic and social honesty here. "The data doesn't come to mind that readily but I don't recall anything particularly startling in the numbers I went through." Most people, let alone academics, who are in front of a camera and being interviewed would start to bend and expand upon ideas and "numbers" that they did not have such a clear focus of recall on, giving their opinions and most likely even drawing conclusions based upon a lack of memory-knowledge. We need more intellectually honest and ruthlessly rational people like Sowell beating back the emotional and intellectually dishonest commentary that has sprung up so near-completely in not only our academic and media-related discourse but also in our personal everyday conversations about such topics.
I've been lucky in what I've learned in my life, and what I've come to the conclusion is that that should be common sense. If you don't know something, simply say so. It won't be the end of the world if you admit it.
He's an honest research based economist, not a theoretical economist. He doesn't make any statements without knowing the data to back them up. It's so refreshing in today's world but absolutely won't play on any of the major mainstream networks as he'll demolish most of their arguments in seconds. His answer to everything put forward by anyone else will be, "the data doesn't support that".
Buckley always seems poshly drunk.
A prophet in a strange land. The worst thing that the War on Poverty ever brought to the poor in general and blacks in particular was making it profitable to have children but have no husband or even a man in the home. That has been the bedrock of succeeding generations of increasing ignorance, violence, and criminality. As usual, unanticipated outcomes that turned into an unmitigated disaster.
It certainly has turned out to be that way. As someone who was around when the War on Poverty bill was signed, I don't think it was meant to turn out the way it has. It's just another example of the results of unanticipated outcomes.
It's ok, the government will have a program to fix it.
+Nonya Damnbusiness is segregation considered a program?
Sar Jim not unanticipated. LBJ knew what he did and wanted to enslave the blacks in America.
Segregation and other Jim Crow policies were government policies enforced by the power of the governments, local, state and federal.
Sowell was ahead of his time. We need him in his prime in today.
Intelligence is timeless.
Still ahead of his time. Staggering intellect.
I remember him schooling and smirking at Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy when he spoke before the senate at Judge Borks' confirmation hearing. he toyed with Biden.
What a great thinker, he makes his explanations so clear that I wonder how I didn't already know it.
Sowell is awesome.
Your first Thomas Sowell video was the first exposure I had ever had to the man. I am so grateful for that, I have watched and listened and read so much since then. This man is brilliant!
Once the likes of Thomas have passed I fear his ilk are in very short supply for the future!
I'm really not too sure how much he would be taken seriously now. The future is definitely a worry.
he's still around. Doesn't have to be a what-if..
i know! we need to freeze his brain
Liam Neil Just like Futurama, preserve his knowledgeable head!
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One of the two most important American economists of modern times, the other being Milton Friedman.
Add Stigler, Sowell's professor at Chicago, who led the movement to judge government policies by looking at the empirical results of those policies.
dont forget about Dr Walter Williams
It's amazing how Sowell looked so young here. He was 50!
Thank you for the "skip to 1:30" disclosure. Extremely considerate.
Why dont more people think this way? We could really all get along much better.
very good speaker too, no umms uhhhhs
Zerg Swarm Just the occasional "so forth"!
Zerg Swarm *too (meaning 'also')
Its a testament of a different time and school.
Right as i read this comment he happened to say "uhhh.." lol. Phenominal speaker tho. Cant believe i JUST found out about him 10 minutes ago
Cheers for showing this guy off IM
He was gorgeous back in the day....his mind is HOT too!🤗
Oh how I wish I could actually rate this video. This is one of the few I've come across that deserves more than just a mere thumbs up.
Thomas Sowell is the man. I hope he has a great retirement. But, still comes out once in a blue moon to lecture. I'd pay to see that!
Sowell is extremely logical and eloquent, obviously very intellectual but not vain. I believe that's what makes him so great.
Never heard so much sense come out of one mouth. Exceptional!
Sowell destroyer.
what years was this made. this guys foresight is like a laser. I wonder who his counter part would be in our time
Levi Paswaters 1981
Thanks for this.. Sowell is truly a very intelligent man.. Both him and Larry Alder are fantastic to listen too.
Thomas has a suthing comforting voice/speaking style.
Sociologists would just ignore such data as it wouldn't fit their prejudices.
In reality they shouldn't. It is purportedly part of their brief to look at data.
How was he this woke, this long ago?
Daniel stop mudding up the English language with the improper use of words, woke is a post tense verb pertaining to waking from sleep, just because unintelligent hipster sjw fuckwits use it doesn't make it right
Daniel lol 😂
Daniel Because data and truth have always been king verses feelings!
Sowell is the original red pill.
It's called educating and researching facts on your own while not falling into the slave plantation mentality😊😊
Sowell is a legend. His fearlessness and the confidence he exudes due to having the facts on his side with little regard for emotional nonsense is compelling. He is also actually very humerus guy too. It feels like these intellectual and fearless power houses are all getting old and dying and nobody is replacing them. Once they are gone the modern replacements will be free to completely rewrite history without opposition which has been their goal for many years. Imagine one of the modern SJW's coming up against Tom Sowell in a debate? They would be destroyed so completely they would be in a safe space colouring with huh puppies and cocoa for months
There is an air about him I agree.
Love the interviewer, "h-white" and "h-where"!
William Buckley Jr. (the interviewer), is Anglo-American, so you can clearly hear his British English accent.
William F Buckley is known for having a very large vocabulary....English is also his 2nd or 3rd language. Spanish being his 1st.
Elle Morgan With respect I beg to differ; I've heard it many times growing up, though admittedly less frequently today.
My sister-in-law went to a Private Day School in Berkshire during the 1970's and she and all her school friends spoke the same way - as of course did many of the teaching staff.
Aside from wealthy 'old money' land owners, I also used to occasionally encounter it in the legal system.
The public dominance of Estuary English in the SE and Youf Culture everywhere is fast killing it off.
'Hwær' and 'Hwæt' are the right ways to say both words mentioned. The Spelling wqs only switched by uncouth Middle English, Norman influenced speakers.
@Elle Morgan it was used a lot more 40-60 years ago, not anymore other than a few posh people
Wow his analysis on how non profit institutions can simply discriminate because there’s no harm to their bottom line is brilliant. You can see to this day how easily the elite universities can discriminate Asian students
dear independent man thank you for high lighting Thomas Sowell. I looked hem up on YouTub, and listen a few of his interviews. I might go out and buy one or tow of his books. thanks
It instructs how much respect you have for him that you simply allow him to 'speak' by playing the interview with no interruptions by yourself.
Sowell is fantastic! I've been keen on him for quite awhile now, it's awesome that you've featured him in videos here.
Thomas Sowell is a genius
Thank you for sharing this!! Data is paramount .. When making logical conclusions... Impressive...
Thomas Sowell is on a short list for the most brilliant men of the 21st century. It’s a shame that so many of his own people don’t recognize his greatness because they’ve been brain washed. I have a feeling that people will wish they had appreciated him more when he’s gone.
15:29 an excellent point
The problem is that most people think their highest attribute is the group they belong to; instead of valuing themselves for the individual they are.
Brian N well said!
I wish we had more talk shows like this, and less 'group of loud people trying to scream over each other'.
insanity is doing the same thing expecting a different result
I miss the red glare cameras use to have in the 80s
Great video thank you!
Great channel! 👍🏽
I'd like to see him debate Joe Biden
From the Bork Confirmation Hearings, Thomas Sowell responds to Congressional questions regarding affirmative action, judicial activism and other issues. Orrin Hatch, Joe Biden, Howell Heflin, Gordon Humphrey. ua-cam.com/video/72dRkGwllmI/v-deo.html
when was this discussion held? so civil its beautiful. something about this dudes use of advantages tells me he's economically educated.... what was his class schedule lol
I first heard of Sowell through G. Gordon Liddy's radio show about 15 years ago. He's a great, great man.
This interview is conducted so differently to anything I've seen in recent times. It's quite refreshing.
You mean that the interviewee is given space to answer at length and that the interviewer isn't being antagonistic? It's sad that such simple parameters are deemed refreshing. Do you see how far we have devolved under the oppressive ideologue overlords?
Both these guys make me proud to be an American.
Bloody......Legend!
Lots to learn from this guy
1:32 Audio begins with Buckley asking Sowell about Anglo-Saxons.
Two smart guys having a chat about things important. No real spin. Just opinion well presented. Sad that we need to drop back into the past to find this sort of discourse. Thank God for UA-cam... it is a treasure trove if you know what you're after.
it's so frustrating that ideas that have long been discredited re-surge and thrive in a culture that has abolished reason in favour of virtue signalling.
Just think, IM, if this intelligent conversation had been continued in "society" from that 40 years ago programme, at all levels - USA/UK for a start would be totally different countries in political discourse, government programmes that actually work, self-empowerment ie take your own choices, responsibility for personal lives, I could go on and on..
I just want to underline this entire interview
Sitting 8,000 miles in india I accidentally hit on a link 7 months ago which introduce Thomas Sowell in my life which has never been the same! This man has opened up my brain and broadened my horizons to a never imaginable extent
How did USA lost out on this guy???????? What a monumental loss and waste of one of the greatest brains of the 20th and 21st century for America
Thomas Sowell busting all kinds.... of myths :)
I love Thomas Sowell!
I wish I heard of this man 40 years ago.
Sowell tells the whole story.
I love that point on how American black slaves were kept oppressed by the same means as leftist propose for lifting them out of poverty. That is a dependance is fostered so they rely on the slave master/government for their livelyhood. To be fed and homed etc. And how he follows it up with rags to riches stories do not come from these systems but instead systems where people are self reliant.
8:24 buckley gets weird
The Bobby Mitchell reference was spot on!!!
This lady looking like she trynna get mr Rodgers out of the matrix
oh snap
This man crushes
the beat. goes on...this androids something else
how times have changed. they considered teachers to be listed among the "professionals". cant think of anyone less educated these days than the educator.
What a brilliant man!
I want to meet him!
Despite how articulate and clear Sowell was at the end there, and how obvious he was correct about the market not discriminating and government does, especially when he gave that example of sports and entertainment, i bet the feminist still didnt understand, and would disagree. Even when she has no grounds be it in logic or facts. She would just disagree because thats what she wants to believe. You see it all the time whenever these feminists are challenged on the street or on stage. Facts and logic arent good enough, they have their story and are sticking with it.
I would say this is true. We have to pick apart also the data to see truly what this means. Depending on ones knowledge and experience you would disagree. Who controls the data and is it for profit.
Learned helplessness is not a service.
Where are these shows today? I've seen Friedman in debates like this and I assume they were on TV. What was the deal back then?
Thomas Sowell is a terrific person indeed. He can truly understand the world in a very objective manner.
Three wise men... Thomas Sowell for economics, Yaron Brooke for equality and David Horowitz for everything else!!
I've been binge watching hundreds f videos of smart people busting these myths over the last year . But now I know I should've only watched sowell instead
Thomas Sowellwas barely spoken of in my economics studies at college. Marx and the Keynesians were frequently mentioned. Rush Limbaugh had Dr. Walter Williams and Dr. Sowell on his program many times (Dr. Williams as his guest substitute host). And people on the Left call Rush a racist???
Are these long clips of him copyrighted? I would imagine so, as he's still alive.
total respect to Thomas Sowell he is a great role model to all human beings regardless of race or gender
This guy is brilliant
Genius and a common sense guy
Dr. Thomas Sowell US Marine Corps!
Why has he not had more influence in the black community.
Sea Bottle because in the 80s he woulda been seen as an Uncle Tom, a black man that sides with whitey, in the 90s he woulda been called a poo butt, a person that’s never been in jail/prison, and in the 2,000s he woulda been called a racist or sellout. There’s always been a title for interlocutors one doesn’t agree with. The longer ad hominem retorts stand as effective the longer people like him will be set aside
how did i take a class on logic and was not introduce to wonderful American Thinker.... pretty sure candace owens may have mentioned this great American Thinker, so ill give credit to her and her open free thinking mind. not even sure this dude is biased...i mean everyone has/develops bias, but he does a great job at remove it. an American HERO to Model how to challenge thinking.like seroiously imagine this guy as your mentor, talking with this guys while having a beer or lunch...... value that is needed, well articulated, undercelebrated great American.
Which one of Sowells books is being referred to here ?
21:05 Deal with it. *snoop dog music*
The Data
Thomas Sowell is the best political philosopher of the last 100 years
He's an empirical economist apparently. I think the facts are speaking loudly enough to drown out the ideologues in this instance.
HE IS LIKE A SCIENCE GUY JUST THE FACTS FIND THE FACTS REVIEW THE FACTS
ANALYZE THE FACT COME TO A CONCLUSION THEN PRESENT THE FACTS AND
DEBATE THE OUTCOME WITH ANOTHER WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF STATUS
NO ROOM FOR POLITICS.
WOWW
4 generations. That's what it's gonna take.
The conservation ,reclamation ,rural electrification as well as the Agricultural Adjustment Act and minimum wage laws effected blacks disproportionately.
Boom! Love these videos. However, there are various glaring mistakes. For example, the use of "Anglo-Saxon" origin for 'white' Americans is a ridiculous misnomer when discussing ethnicity as it implies purely English or British origin. This is absurd given that America is a country of immigrants from all over the World... If one included other self-identifying caucasian groups e.g. German, Italian, Irish, Polish or French then this would be more representative of 'white' people who call themselves Americans.
I enjoy the videos and agree with what you're doing, but I think there is an important distinction to be made between privilege (a position of power) versus policies that privilege certain groups more than others. The way I see it, everyone is privileged and oppressed to varying degrees in society because this is how power operates.
The real question is to what degree one is privileged, to what degree one is oppressed, and to what extent these things bear out on a macro-level. I happen to think white privilege and male privilege exist, just not in the way far-left academics and feminists think it does. This is because privilege in a relatively equal society is context-bound and can't be generalized.
I admire his brain
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