Thomas Sowell Brings the World into Focus through an Economics Lens

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9 жыл бұрын

In this episode of Uncommon Knowledge, Peter Robinson interviews Hoover fellow and author Thomas Sowell, on his 5th edition of Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy. In this interview, Sowell brings the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives. Sowell draws on lively examples from around the world and from centuries of history.

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@nobunaga6457 9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Sowell should be interviewed every week of his life until we have extracted every gem of logical reasoning for prosperity.

@griml0gic420 8 жыл бұрын

sitting here in my underwear at 2 Am eating cereal and watching Thomas Sowell. *Happiness*

@agiftedrighterdotcom 8 жыл бұрын

Lol so true

@PaulOutsidetheWalls 8 жыл бұрын

+GrimL0gic 11pm here in Charlotte, NC, drinking a cold beer, enjoying some Thomas Sowell!

@scottdaniels8129 8 жыл бұрын

+GrimL0gic Totino's Buffalo Ranch Chicken Rolls are my Sowell food, mind and belly are in a good place right now.

@tohopes 8 жыл бұрын

+GrimL0gic sitting here reading your comment at 1:59am

@bonifacioj.s.pereira7240 8 жыл бұрын

here, 11pm before wake up and drinking my coffee and eat my cake and listening Thomas Sowell.... start good my day.... greetings from Brasil...

@q0w1e2r3t4y5 3 жыл бұрын

As a Hungarian in Hungary I have absolutely nothing to do with these subjects. But I just can't stop. I'm addicted to listening to his common sense and reason. I feel like after every video my IQ goes up by a small amount. :D Gotta watch 'em all. lol. Next up are his audiobooks. Holy shit.

@Darrell1019 9 жыл бұрын

Dr. Thomas Sowell, a national treasure.

@drytool 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, and a world treasure.

@thegreatonecometh200 5 жыл бұрын

Pooh !!! A buried treasure with nothing but fake gold and cubic zirconia

@skinkle777 8 жыл бұрын

WHY HAS THIS MAN NOT BEEN AWARDED A NOBEL LAUREATE...?

@chrisbeast7044 7 жыл бұрын

He is a genius learned by Milton Friedman who won noble prize

@5dmkiii60 7 жыл бұрын

Thomas is a conservative, the Nobel Society is 100% comprised of progressive liberals. To give him the Nobel Prize would be to admit their ideology is a fraud and that will never happen. Were the Nobel Society comprised of conservatives, or had it even been ideologically neutral, he'd have been awarded that prize decades ago. Robert Deniro was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom...awarded to him (a liberal actor) by a celebrity obsessed uber lib President, Obama. Mr. Sowell has not been recognized for this medal. What does that say about the worth of the medal for one, and how political ideology plays into who is awarded what?

@mirjanagrahovac4410 6 жыл бұрын

While I agree with all answers given; there's another reason. Nobel Prize Economists have to write something which changes the field of Economics. For example, Friedman consistently produced works which led to the development of a whole new school of economic theory (Chicago). Though admittedly, it shared a lot of ideas which the Austrian school. Works like his book on the Great Depression with Anna Schwarz.

@MikeDindu 5 жыл бұрын

WILBUR WRIGHT Because he hasn't brought about any change, and that's because so many foolish people have refused to follow his advice. So unfortunately there's nothing to reward.

@cman101892 5 жыл бұрын

And wouldn't concede that black people or even more generally speaking, all the poor, were victims. To this day mainstream left refuses to even ENTERTAIN this suggestion.

@cujonautics 9 жыл бұрын

No praise can do this scholar justice. What a brilliant man

@Kobe29261 8 жыл бұрын

I can't take anymore; please - make it stop, MAKE-THE-COMMON-SENSE-STOP!!!!

@MrJimc2 8 жыл бұрын

+Anogoya Dagaati lol!

@fightington 8 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha

@dekubaner 8 жыл бұрын

bro, you have posted one of the best comments in the history of youtube EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@lrmcatspaw1 8 жыл бұрын

Are you a feminist? ;). (Agreed, best comment I have seen in years).

@bernlin2000 6 жыл бұрын

Don't you means UNCOMMON SENSE? :-)

@corneliusdavis5119 7 жыл бұрын

whenever I read his books or listen to him speak it's like someone's reading Proverbs from the Bible...bursting with wisdom

@Aaronisification 6 жыл бұрын

Cornelius Davis he's absolutely fantastic. I found myself kissing his book as I left the house last week, wishing I could stay home and read it. It was an awkward moment to think the only other book I've kissed are religious texts.

@thegreatonecometh200 5 жыл бұрын

This guy is mediocre at best he sounds like any other run of the mill wing nut pseudo intellectual who complain about intellectuals I need him to debate pikety or ha joon Chang or Steve keen

@ChristopherRodgers 8 жыл бұрын

"You actually checked the footnotes?! I'm not sure that's fair." Priceless. xD

@redcapvisuals 6 жыл бұрын

love at 7:09 "milton friedman couldn't cure you but the federal government did" "never say the federal government doesn't do anything" - sowell clearly has some comedic talent here!

@natbrownizzle3815 7 жыл бұрын

I live in Europe and originally I was born in Romania, but live now in Austria for 19 years. To me Mr. Sowell is very important, since I myself am an imigrant in Austria, who witnesses the fact, that left wing organizations are working very hard on trying to do the same thing to all imigrants in Austria, the left wing did to blacks and latinos in the USA, which is mainly turn us to permanent victims and make us dependend to government social goodies. Fun fact, nobody in Europe ever mentions Sowells name.

@wayneharmon4485 7 жыл бұрын

Nat Brown Thomas Piketty the egalitarian they will know. He wrote an entire huge book bigger than Basic Economics that Krug an said was very important. The premise for that entire book was Egalitarianism. For those who read this book, they will learn egalitarianism and how to defend it. But they won't earn anything about creating wealth.

@natbrownizzle3815 7 жыл бұрын

Wayne Harmon Egalitarism is really a nightmare.

@WeeSmokey 3 жыл бұрын

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 here Mr Sowel is a true legend that will be sadly missed long after he is gone!

@86lanzo 7 жыл бұрын

I feel sad am just learning about this man now

@marc-andreperron219 7 жыл бұрын

I recommend you watch many of his videos on egalitarianism, feminism, and social justice, etc. Mainly, that as an economist he challenges many of these issues with regards to empiricism and their impacts on society. Milton Friedman also has great videos on many different economic issues as well.

@rseeker1 Жыл бұрын

I love Thomas Sowell, but Peter Robinson deserves much appreciation for his work. When it comes to hosts, I see him as the gold standard.

@ProudBourgeoisie 9 жыл бұрын

What an amazing and intellectually courageous man. If only there were a thousand like him. Hell, I'd settle for two.

@ehong123 9 жыл бұрын

How can someone defend keynesian economics after listening this interview is beyond my comprehension. Thomas Sowell is such a giant in the economics field with no parallels. Robinson is such a good interviewer for bring out the best of Thomas Sowell. Thank you both for this interview.

@fxnooodle 9 жыл бұрын

This book should be mandatory in BA of economic

@BeerMonies 8 жыл бұрын

Even the comments are intelligent here! Thomas Sowell, why didn't I find you earlier!

@GMEMD_SD40-2 2 жыл бұрын

Not only a brilliant man, but a humble man. These two traits rarely are found in the same person. What common sense and reason. He is the perfect depiction of intelligence.

@stevewright4576 2 жыл бұрын

The guy is a treasure. I have written down at least 20 of his quotes from all these videos. Anybody who had him as a prof is lucky.

@rsaunable 5 жыл бұрын

Peter Robinson is such a great interviewer because he wants to understand. Curiousity may kill cats, but enlivens the rest of us.

@nameuser4406 3 жыл бұрын

Thomas Sowell is a icon of all races!

@johnmcfarland4877 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant man. Independent thinker. I wish he could teach our kids, every year, at every level of education.

@debojyotibasu5111 3 жыл бұрын

I'm an economics student and a libertarian patriot from 🇮🇳. I ❤ this man.

@Iznikroc 9 жыл бұрын

"...I don't think I should try to take on the project of convincing someone to reduce their income by 90%" DAAAAAAAAAMN! What an intellectual burn...Oh my god, i wish i could have brunch with this man!

@economicsmafia 9 жыл бұрын

I've read Dr Sowell's book on "Basic Economics", it's amazing. It makes Economics accessible to the common people.

@justinattardi9503 5 жыл бұрын

When I read it I had no college education. Sowell used language that even I could understand with no education. I was a protectionist before reading Basic Economics. Sowell pretty easily intellectually smacked me around on that. Basic economics should be required high school reading in my opinion.

@thegreatonecometh200 5 жыл бұрын

You mean it indoctrinated you to think as he does! Which is rich poe people should be left alone and poor people should be grateful to them for giving them scraps off their plates

@scottdunstan4117 5 жыл бұрын

I happened across a KZfaq clip of the great man, and was instantly hooked. I discovered that my brother-in-law had a copy of Basic Economics on his shelf. I read it cover to cover, to the bemusement of many who saw the title. It kickstarted a period in which I’m still in which can only be described as an enlightenment. I wish I’d discovered this man, and his literature a decade or two ago.

@TheRightflip 5 жыл бұрын

@@thegreatonecometh200 have you even read the book? what are your arguments against his reasoning in the book?

@cc11studio 3 жыл бұрын

I wish more people would take the time to watch this. In today's "bite size" world, I'm not sure most do.

@josephmro 3 жыл бұрын

Credit to peter robinson and thank s peter for great interview with this man

@kylemedeiros6907 9 жыл бұрын

Wow Ive watched Sowell on this show over and over again. Im really excited to see him back on. Time to have my mind blown.

@kylemedeiros6907 9 жыл бұрын

Me too man. Im trying to think critically too, but they are very convincing. I love them.

@mannylora 9 жыл бұрын

Same here. I still rewatch old Friedman and Sowell videos daily. Its very soothing.

@theworldview8149 9 жыл бұрын

mannylora There was a point in time in which I was exactly like you all, until I took a critical and objective look at the things Sowell and other economist of the like were analyzing and analyzed them for myself rather than listening to their findings. Once I did this, I realized that their conservative, trickle-down economics and laissez-faire ideologies were much too counter-intuitive. You all seem like a relatively intelligible group, I urge you all to do as I have and study on your own, exam all schools of economic thought and then come to your own conclusions rather than listening to a man that has his own preconceived notions on other economic theories that do not fit his narrative.

@williammilburn7232 9 жыл бұрын

The world view Thomas Sowell has never advocated a trickle down theory. Nor has any serious economist. Politicians may have advocated it (I cant name one, but I'm not saying they haven't) it only tends to be a term to slander conservatives by people on the left so they can say look, they want the rich to have all the wealth! When really, that isn't the case. So trickle down is used as a slander against the right to win the minds and votes of the uneconomically educated.

@theworldview8149 9 жыл бұрын

William Milburn To support the theory that taxing the rich leads to economic malaise, which Sowell has on multiple occasions advocated, inherently advocates a trickle down theory using the logic that if the rich are not taxed, or are taxed a relatively meager amount, this will create an increase in investment which would, presumably, in the "long run" (whatever that may be), increase the utility of everyone. This logic has been proven ineffective and flawed historically. A piece that I recommend you watch and read is called, "Inequality for all", by Robert Reich, I have found it to be quite informative on such matters. I do however appreciate the fact that you kept the debate dignified, a trait, quite frankly, I am finding increasingly less on youtube comments.

@stephen5804 11 ай бұрын

U R A LIGHT IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU. I ONLY PRAY AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL LISTEN AND FOLLOW YOUR TEACHINGS.

@theokatman 3 жыл бұрын

the interviewer is great well prepared and string enough questions to keep the tension

@littleindian3050 8 жыл бұрын

If only everyone would listened to this genius

@chooshchoosh 6 жыл бұрын

I want to invite everyone here who likes Sowell to move to Redondo Beach because the mentality I'm surrounded by is killing me.

@leonardwilliams8109 Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to listen to Thomas Sowell. I have read "Basic Economics", "Discrimination & Disparities ", and "Economic Facts & Fallacies". If you want to know how the world really works, read his books.

@conker206 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you Hoover Institute for interviewing Mr. Sowell multiple times. I've watched those videos over, and over, and over again. To see a new interview Thomas made me very happy. I haven't even started watching it yet and I already know it will be good.

@angelasepi657 Жыл бұрын

I love this man's mind.

@bangthehankers1985 9 жыл бұрын

Those last 3 minutes were very sombre indeed. The task will soon be left to us.

@cravinbob 6 жыл бұрын

Then it will be trying to convince yourself you have Liberty when you don't. Lying is easy until you realize you can lie to yourself but you don't believe you' At that time a lesson can be taught and learned but what is gone is gone, a long time to make the mistake but it can only be made once.

@chaveraoh 4 жыл бұрын

Peter Robinson, you are a great host and journalist. It has been pleasure to watch it. A big thank you from Poland!

@IblewuponyourfaceIII 9 жыл бұрын

Thomas So-well is a genius, Love him & Milton Friedman

@charlespeterson3798 5 жыл бұрын

He is at 85 years old, the greatest portrait of a man of reason and integrity. Really an awesome man. Thank you.

@ferreseft 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a fantastic interview. Basic Economics should be required reading for all high school students.

@fezoomer3488 8 жыл бұрын

Sowell is a national treasure.

@beverlyolson5819 3 жыл бұрын

I would be so honored to sit in discourse with this brilliant human. Mankind is so fortunate to have him on this earth plane.. His lifework should be preserved for all generations, both current and future. Thank you Thomas Sowell.

@Onepersonsopinion 9 жыл бұрын

No matter how busy I am, I always make time to watch Thomas Sowell interviews and give him 100% attention. The man is a national treasure.

@graxav 3 жыл бұрын

True wisdom has no fear, no vitriol and only one empirical master.

@nanoczarny 6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Sowell's life would make an excellent biographical movie. He is an amazing role model with a colorful background and life. I would line up for an autobiography but a movie would make his experiences accessible to a larger audience.

@RAMSEY1987 7 жыл бұрын

Thomas Sowell should be on news shows and politics shows all over America and Europe.

@negevherbals6891 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great interview. I love Sowell’s thoroughness, and the interview itself is very well done.

@jumbojet8 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Dr. Sowell. You are an American hero and a treasure. God bless you.

@matthewthacker3683 3 жыл бұрын

i would love thomas sowell to be my gps voice

@jlilly1961 9 жыл бұрын

Listening to Dr. Sowell is always a joy.

@fayiahsumogbelee2357 5 жыл бұрын

This man is the opposite of doubt. So much sense and clarity. It's not his knowledge that amazes me, but how he came to it. Thomas Sowell🙏🙏🙏

@karenlynne6200 10 ай бұрын

Bought this eBook, reading it now, amazing! I'm on a marathon of watching his interviews, so mind opening!

@sdushdiu 9 жыл бұрын

Few geniuses are so lucid... Sowell is an absolute treasure...

@tamarlaneivey1487 9 жыл бұрын

One of my HEROS!!

@BarbaraJoanneBJ 8 жыл бұрын

Sowell, an American treasure. Peter Robinson ain't bad either.

@carlossmith4927 5 жыл бұрын

Wisdom, clarity, eloquence, kindness, joyfulness, honesty, resourcefulness, bravery. Blessed by God as we are to be able to listen to Thomas Sowell. Thank you!

@Basedmursenary 6 жыл бұрын

Got my coffee, eggs, cake, and Thomas Sowell... best morning ever.

@finnbarsnowdrop545 6 жыл бұрын

Now THAT'S a beautiful mind.

@DizzzyKipper 7 жыл бұрын

There are not to many that you can look to in admiration both in wisdom and achievement Thomas Sowell is one of the few. Great interview, Thank you.

@thanksfernuthin 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Anytime I see Dr. Sowell or Victor Davis Hanson being interviewed I immediately know I am going to be entertained and enlightened for about an hour!

@richard9970 8 жыл бұрын

it is now 9 am on a Friday morning in Southern California, and a beautiful day out. I've just got in from walking my dog, cracked open a nice cold 16 oz of something cheap and sweet, so what .... sue me! Bout ready to press play and indulge in Mr Sowells oldie but goodie. "Be well" to all ahead and as well as those behind me. Peace!!

@RayEY1962 8 жыл бұрын

For those interested in liberty, please watch this interview of Thomas Sowell. It is 50 minutes long, but worth every moment! He touches on so much...

@constiffs 9 жыл бұрын

I would listen to this man parse the issues every day for hours if I could.

@princekadeem8689 6 жыл бұрын

All respect to Thomas, but I’d like to note that Peter Robinson is a fantastic facilitator!

@departfromevil2000 7 жыл бұрын

What he said about Jessie Jackson and Al at 46:35 to 46:50 what simply One the best statement to sum up those type of people :-)

@departfromevil2000 7 жыл бұрын

This man is Brilliant!!!

@ericnolle5195 9 жыл бұрын

I wish Thomas Sowell would show up in more mainstream media and debates. Most of the representatives of free markets are horrible at getting their points across. He on the other hand, makes things to clear and simple for people like me who have no background in economics.

@JLegz14 9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Sowell needs his own channel! I would watch that all day.

@benjaminjeffery6873 Жыл бұрын

I don’t understand how he hasn’t won a noble prize yet

@zachhardy6469 5 жыл бұрын

Listening to these Sowell interviews has helped me undo the years of liberal indoctrination I received at 'prestigious' universities. No wonder I was never assigned a Sowell book at either of the schools I went to- a lot of my professors would have been out of a job.

@PaolaSanchez-kq3lx 3 жыл бұрын

We're blessed to have this dude with us. That is all.

@jdr4664 9 жыл бұрын

This is the third time I've watched this video and I still can't get enough. Thomas Sowell was by far my favourite person of 2014

@SJQuirke 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know - the same personalities - the same stories (almost) - the same (un)common sense - the same enjoyment from hearing it all again with the new edition - Thank you gentlemen

@quentinquentin6752 3 жыл бұрын

His brilliance is on a completely different level. Ive sat at table on a few occasions where i have been fortunate enough to enjoy such intelligence. It was usually theological in scope. I know from my own experience that very often these people try to speak at our level. They could so easily speak in sentences that are almost impossible for us to understand. I know because its actually happened to me. It actually quite funny. They almost recognize the look on our faces, that look of innocent incomprehension, then they come down to our level again and we can continue. I have no doubt Mr Sowell is no different in that regard. God bless him.

@spiritofecstasy224 8 жыл бұрын

Thank You, Thomas Sowell! A Great Mind Helping to Make a Great Country!

@tyhanserd7952 5 жыл бұрын

Thomas Sowell is always great but Peter does such a great job as well....

@awakenotwoke6930 3 жыл бұрын

I’m very late, but better than never! Thank you Mr. Sowell for teaching me like a real Grandfather. I am grateful to study your work!

@jordanthomas3346 4 жыл бұрын

What a pleasant and knowledgeable human being. We won't have him for much longer.

@danieljakubik3428 5 жыл бұрын

The one and only Thomas Sowell.

@alipions 8 жыл бұрын

32:50 mind blowing moment!

@LibertyForum 9 жыл бұрын

Dr. Sowell is one of our favorites. He is so brilliant he can make it simple.

@rsaunable 5 жыл бұрын

Obamacare: "Repeal it right now. That would fix it."

@mikeprice2038 9 жыл бұрын

I love this man. He is a rock start in my eyes. What a great example for the youth of today.

@alexzilinski871 5 жыл бұрын

Praise the lord someone who takes issues at face value and doesn't try to make a political statement with everything he says. Common sense trumps all

@highthereguys 3 жыл бұрын

Thomas Sowell for President!

@sydneydias940 2 жыл бұрын

The legend is the one who takes his time! Thomas Stowell is an open book.

@m35926 9 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite people. Reading intellectuals and society right now.

@pwrightt00 9 жыл бұрын

Love that man especially his mind.

@maureenparisi5808 3 жыл бұрын

So much wisdom. Priceless

@libertarian500 9 жыл бұрын

One of the most brilliant minds of our time.

@Rsambo00 9 жыл бұрын

Dr. Sowell is back with Mr. Robinson... and suddenly things feel right again.

@lilricky8483 Жыл бұрын

As a working class Englishman, he hit the nail on the head when he explained why we fail so badly in are economic system.

@ogarzabello 9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Sowell, a mind with impresive clarity.

@Alexborges 9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Sowell - The King

@cvcmen9159 4 жыл бұрын

Credits to the interviewer too. Excellent job

@paulkitchen1300 3 жыл бұрын

I don't believe Thomas Sowell is regarded as a comedic genius, but only because he is truly, naturally funny. His quips inserted on a regular basis should make you laugh out loud. I had to stop this video on a regular basis just to finish laughing so I could continue listening. In part of the humor of his quips is that they are absolutely, obviously true.

@paulmyers1410 9 жыл бұрын

If only there were more people in the public realm with the wisdom, insight, and the intelligence of Sowell, then the world would be a much saner place. My favourite works, masterpieces actually - are "A Conflict of Visions" and "Intellectuals and Society.". I'm so glad we have the pleasure of listening to this genius too, courtesy of youtube. Thanks Dr Sowell, all the way from the UK.

@benhesediszraelinfosystems8175 6 жыл бұрын

Dr. Sowell, the way he answered that question on Ferguson/racism and connecting it to Jesse Jackson, that's a classic. Long Live Dro Sowell! Thanks, Peter, you always make it a point to thoroughly read and digest the books by the time you do the interviews, lots to learn from you both...clearly, you both have strong traits of self-discipline, showing in your preparedness for these interviews!!

@mrmtn37 7 жыл бұрын

Mr Sowell Yer da man. I live your talks and are the only reason I wish I went to college. Other then missing your classes I have made swell choices and am doing quite well. Yet I do not appreciate the mind control and outright diregard for democracy, well being, wise choices, humanity, and Equity of a majority many "free" people growing up in a deck stacked well against them. Everyone is different some are complete zombies. I dropped out as well. Saved my great money from construction I have had several successful businesses I have sold or given most have always held GC licenses in my favorite Union states. I learned many times the hard way how to work the markets to invest my money. Work and market market and work. I now have more then I ever thought possible. I own to lenders now I own many houses I have allowed people to rent in lieu of foreclosure. I loan small business start up and capital money. I often take a ridiculous loan to teach people lessons in how to win and not throw their money away. Anyway I appreciate all you have taught me. I would not be me without you. A special intelligent honest man that I wish I had known. Good luck to you sir