Thomas Sowell on Economic Facts and Fallacies 02/25/2008

Thomas Sowell of Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in his new book, Economic Facts and Fallacies. He discusses the misleading nature of measured income inequality, CEO pay, why nations grow or stay poor, the role of intellectuals and experts in designing public policy, and immigration. www.econtalk.o...

[@djw8591]

Is it possible Interest in Thomas Sowell is picking up? I love listening to him. There is no other like him.

[@sneakthieve]

My man! Dr. Sowell is my hero. I try to consume everything this guy writes

[@sneakthieve]

matthew kitty very true

[@MichL_71]

I'm obsessed too. 😍

[@boningousa4390]

Thomas Sowell is brilliant. I am planning on devouring all his books.

[@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069]

How is that quest going so far my good man? I have read 11 of his books, and in my opinion, Knowledge and Decisions is his best book by far.

[@combinedeffects4799]

Thomas Sowell is a Giant - a towering pillar of truth in so many areas.

[@jamesking6636]

This man is so incredibly underrated. 😔

[@kankondendahiro7771]

Absolutely.

[@fliperriee8115]

Thomas Sowell dropping some knowledge!!

[@johnmcminn9455]

It's amazing how long people got by without that particular service , the ideA of anyone preparing your food for you in the earlier era was unheard of

[@casiandsouza7031]

Meeting needs isn't by earnings but by management of resources and desires.

[@casiandsouza7031]

Immigrants have a reputation for being industrious at their destination. Those that they left behind at home have a reputation for being laid back.

[@casiandsouza7031]

Work and recreation are alternative attitudes to employment.

[@mrniceguy7168]

It’s depressing that in 2008, Russ agreed with the observation that only women can have babies and added that it’s one of the few empirical observations that is not controversial about men and women, and fast forward 10 years and that can legitimately get you cancelled.

[@marystahlschmidt3661]

I thought the same thing

[@mrniceguy7168]

@@marystahlschmidt3661 you know, I was thinking about this recently and it reminded me about Sowell talking about the intelligentsia and how they were frustrated that they couldn’t get average people to buy into their ideas. Even though they now have corporations on their side, they still can’t convince real people like you and I that women don’t necessarily possess vaginas and uterus’s and other crazy ideas

[@MichL_71]

As far as I can tell there is zero difference between male and female salaries, I'm in STEM and have never experienced it. But like he says, I've had a typically male employment record (same education, no kids).

[@BiscuitFever]

That’s been the case in the US for decades.

[@MichL_71]

@@BiscuitFever ppl love to misinterpret the stats. Or maybe they just don't know how to read them.

[@MrKarolWlodarczyk]

Gold

[@casiandsouza7031]

Men who never married were omitted like Edgar Hoover and Newton.

[@andrewhinson4323]

AHAHAHA!! "That is an imperical observation thats hard to argue with, its Iron Clad." Meanwhile in 2021 the same progtards that spouted the nonsense these fellows are dismantling are currently raging in an attempt to force everyone to accept that men AND women can in fact give birth XD

[@EquipteHarry]

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[@CJinsoo]

“I have more stuff because I am in debt”. Nope, you are in debt because you keep buying stuff that you cannot afford. except for low cost credit, which inflates asset prices by the way.