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Video and Audio See other Video and Audio Articles Title: Consequences Matter: Thomas Sowell on “Social Justice Fallacies”
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Uncommon Knowledge
URL Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn2gda_phAA
Published: Sep 18, 2023
Author: Peter Robinson
Post Date: 2023-09-18 02:00:05 by Charles_Byrd
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Thomas Sowell, age 93, is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution. With his usual fierceness and feistiness intact, Dr. Sowell returns to Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson to discuss his latest book (hes published over 40 titles over his career), Social Justice Fallacies. In this wide-ranging interview, Dr. Sowell discusses the consequences of our societys embarking on a quest for equality at the expense of merit. Even if every group in society is given an equal chance, he explains, these groups will end up with disparate levels of income or education. Dr. Sowell also criticizes the concept of systemic racism; his research reveals it doesnt appear to apply to blacks (watch the interview to see why that word isnt capitalized here) who are married. The interview concludes with Dr. Sowell reading a moving passage from his book. Click for Full Text! Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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