Thomas Sowell: The Poverty Empire
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- In this rare, exclusive Free To Choose Network video, Thomas Sowell asks politicians to look at the consequences (not intentions) of legislation designed to help the poor -- especially the black poor. His admonition still holds today. Why, because bills create incentives. And incentives matter.
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This man changed the way that I see politics and economics, he cuts through all the bullshit and gets to the point every time
It's a shame that individuals like Thomas Sowell are ignored by mainstream media. They would inspire Black Americans.
He's ignore because media is liberal.
It's a travesty that Black Americans, and Americans in general, of all colors, have not all heard this man's words.
This fine gentleman is a beacon in the night, who shines the light of common sense to show a way out.
Read his book Discrimination and Disparities a must read from a great mind. God Bless you Thomas Sowell 🇺🇸
An unsung national treasure... disappointed it took me over 20 years to find his wisdom on the internet.
If Thomas Sowell was given the platform that Al Sharpton's had, black people would be running America by now
He's just too real, REAL Black, REAL U.S American , REAL Hero.
Love his ideas. Governments have had good intentions but have had bad results. When when men and women expect the government to provide the role of father/ husband or mother/wife the disaster happens.
Thomas Sowell is a brilliant visionary! God bless him.
One of a kind this Dr. Thomas Sowell.. my hats off to him
If blacks idolized and listened to this man like they do Snoop Dogg or Jay Z, their problems would disappear in a generation.
More whites listen to them, so are they being torn apart by rap music too? The problem isn't rap. The problem in the black community, and now white, is the lack of fathers in the home.
@@afreedman4361 I'll agree and even go further, Eji - I feel the Rap culture is the antithesis to how black people should be linked with, and does nothing but harm in the eyes of every other culture to the possibilities and potential of black americans. Even though mostly white people listen to rap, there's an underlying link to "black culture" that is not real, and should not be automatically assumed when looking upon any black person, except for the fact that so many of us (yes, I'm half black, which in america just means "i'm a black guy" ) tend to welcome such attachment to that toxic culture of thug and gangster lifestyle, regardless of our environment. The reason for which I think is by far a result of fatherless homes, and having no strong male role model to bring up children correctly in the right direction. I don't mean to say that there is no such thing as Racism, as I personally have dealt with plenty of that in my lifetime, but it did not stop me from getting to where I am in life. My father was a strong man (RIP) who was extremely educated, and very positive about life and communication with people. I was raised to cherish intelligence, experience, love, family, and friends. Had he not been there, who would I have looked to for guidance in a harsh world that "seemingly" treats me as an enemy? False idols, likely. It's a shame that Thomas Sowell is not on Nike commercials, and is not glorified by the media as the true type of person young black people in fatherless (or low quality father) homes should aspire to instead of the Rap moguls and sports stars that have very little to contribute to the progress of our society.
Ok boomer
@@afreedman4361 i dont think the problem is rap. I think the problem in the black community is as you mentioned a lack of fathers in homes aswell as these successful individuals such as Jay Z and Snoop Dog, they've generated a ton of wealth and are idolized for their success and thus people believe their views, no matter how skewed. I think the problem with whites is as you mentioned lack of fathers, but also so many whites have become weak self loathing individuals that are willing to do anything to score brownie points on the social justice ladder, even if that means self humiliation and throwing away their own belief system. They will listen to rap or individuals like Jay Z that rag on whites and love it. How can one benefit society if one has no self respect.
Thomas Sowell is Black, do you think he listens to Snoop Dogg? Where do you get this idea that all Blacks think alike? Do you even know any Black people? I think not! We have 15 billionaires. How do you think they got there, by listening to Snoop?
Thomas Sowell is a great man.
I have been watching a lot of videos about Dr. Sowell and on almost all of them the top comment is praising his "brillance" (which is evident) and that is sad because it is not his intelligence that is on display in many of these discussions or lectures, but rather his insight and wisdom, which in all honesty is really just nearly infallible logic aka common sense! something which so many people have lost
He is a true legend
I am an immigrant myself, living in Austria. We, my family and I, migrated to Austria from Romania 19 years ago. The left-wing is trying to infantilze minorities in Europe, the same way democrats did with minorities in the US. I allready have told people of Mr. Sowell and I will try to spread his word.
Who's here to get brain cells back in 2020
great man...love him so.
its cause he hated talking to the press and doing most interviews
he felt that the media always took whatever they wanted from his words
Sowell Speaks the truth.
Thomas Sewell is too real for America
THOMAS SOWELL> He's amazing. These are the voices the black community need urgently..
The guy’s a genius
Thanks for posting this video! Always enjoy listening to Tom Sowell.
Undoubtedly one of the greatest thinkers of our time!
He helped to change my naive views.
good chat Thanks
Best Economist in America right now.
Sowell is superb.
THIS IS TRUTH.
Assimilation to a broad view of good practices was the key to such harmonious grouping of varying people.
"Multiculturalism," the seed of division.
where can i find the full video
Did you n Might Gai ever find the video?
This man should have been the 1st black president!
AMEN, Brother Sowell!
Because it speaks to their immediate/present needs, but not their benefit in the future...nor for their children. Not to say people don't need aid now to simply survive in the present, but that is another issue altogether that won't be solved in the manner our politicians 'intend'.
This dude is the best.
A luminous mind.
A genius in his absolute PRIME..
this man makes me want to be a black Harvard economist
Instead you sit online and do nothing 😂. If you wanted to do something you would. Stop lying to yourself
Brilliance.
right again TS
Great economist
Yes!
Everybody but that black community would vote for this guy
just asking ,but cant this logic be applied to corporations? they get subsidies all the time. this means the welfare queens will never get off the state.
We agree on something....
@AndroidPolitician LOL! You calling me a fanatic while telling me that it's always better no matter what. LOL! You are certainly giving me a laugh.
A true giant. The state of NYC should make a 40ft statue to him !!
I totally agree with Sowell, not because he is a Black man, or if he prefers African American.
Why are the "thumbs up" not being shown here?
The best facts are from Chile, from 1973-1990. Free market reform increased GDP, without a doubt, to the highest in all of Latin America. Chicago economics worked undeniable there. Free market by 90' had 45% of the total population below the poverty line. What the evidence shows is that Free market reform works in an austere environment. The apogee of GDP had half in poverty. Society was able to ameliorate the poor with social programs, and increased min wage laws. Facts speak for them self
I believe most poor blacks (and poor people in general) in inner cities have the individual choice to do what they want with their life, the difference is what they see as important. The man that chooses to sell drugs, drop out of school, and have seven children with seven different women knows very well where his choices will take him. His success in academia is of no importance to him, nor is the accruement of generational wealth for his his children. He has a completely different set of priorities.
If I were to rewrite the Constitution and Bill of Rights today, I would make an Amendment prohibiting the federal government from making any laws that benefits or punishes any single group of people that can be distinguished based on race, religion, gender, INCOME level, AGE, health, political idiology, etc DIRECTLY. Key word being directly. So for instance, the federal gvmnt would not be allowed to create a social security, but they WOULD be allowed to subsitize a organization for that purpose.
When did Mr. Sowell say anything about farm subsidies?
@kerrywsmyth The first part of your post is right on . The last part is inconsistent with the first. How can the legislature subsidize a specific organization while not subsidizing all others - if it is nondiscriminatory?
@AndroidPolitician In Canada for example lots of people go bankrupt for reason related to waiting for health care. One example is addiction to pain killers. I saw this first hand in Nova Scotia where in rural communities with poor acess to health care normal people lose everything when they become pain killer addicts.
Another example is having to live, wait and recover away from home and work because maybe one or two cities have the care. This in not reflected in the medical financial loss #s
@AndroidPolitician I took a look around and could not find one bit of information regarding your claim that NGOs like UNICEF normalize infant mortality rate data in western nations. If you have that info I would be willing to change my mind upon seeing it.
Also I looked at Taiwan and their health seems to jump with GDP growth and plateau again we may be looking at different numbers. What data were you looking at?
"the most prosperous"
Incorrect, the most prosperous period occurred during the market revolution of the 19th century. Food production increased dramatically, allowing a bigger portion of our population to live as something other than farmers for the first time.
It allowed women to find jobs outside the home, it allowed life expectancy to increase by over 10 years, it allowed our population to more than double.
Post-WWII was prosperous, but that was despite policy, not because of it.
hhn1000 Thomas Sowell is known in the black community and does inspire where he chooses to speak. In my lifetime, he has not chosen to speak his message to those he could have inspired most directly, the black community. He has to stand in front of the Black people to tell the message, not mainly white audiences.
unfortunately the problem is that a lot of black people don't want to hear his message. they prefer the other narrative where blacks are victims of institutional discrimination and private racism. they want someone else to stand accountable for their shortcomings and put it in the hands of government to help them get ahead.
Seems to me too many people don't want him to be heard.
Frank Carter You make a good point, sir. But the media has chosen its darlings, and Mr. Sowell is not one of them.
billybagbom But Sowell IS a media darling. A simple search of his name shows his youtube and other social media presence to be stronger now than he ever was in Traditional media. Yet! Those interviews and lectures are I. Front of largely white, conservative audiences. Now observe Rand Paul. He actually requested to speak to the three or four top black organizations/caucuses and simply held firm to those items in his platform that he holds dear and held open useful dialogue on those items we may have common ground on ( constitutional rights, mass incarceration of black and Hispanic men and government spying) Sowell is more like your old school white guy "where is Jessie and Al? This is all Obama's fault! What about black on black crime? Liberalism is a disease....What's wrong with the blacks?" He has some useful philosophy and writings, but no person of melonated origin cares when the speaker is not really talk to them or considering the points he is making from both sides. I get it he is not running for office! But the assumption that the media does not like him is to say there is only liberal slanted media, and I don't believe that to be true.
Frank Carter Oh, no, of course there is conservative-slanted media. AM talk radio (partly because conservatives are more entertaining, and we're talking about the free market), and FoxNews (which is The Conservative Mainstream Network. Period.) If you're talking New Media, well, yeah -- Sowell may have a leg up there, since the New Media is more democratic and less elitist. That's -- that's about it. Remember the Robert Bork Senate hearings? Remember Sowell's part in that sordid affair? That episode should refresh your memory on where elite media power was concentrated -- and still is.
@AndroidPolitician US women age 40 to 64, 87% of those with insurance had a mammogram within 5 years.
The rate for Canadian women was 65% - the same as for uninsured women in the US.
Canadian women also had the same rate of screening for cervical cancer as uninsured US women (80%), over five years. Among insured US women, the rate was 92%.
Among uninsured US men, 31% were screened for prostate cancer, compared with 16% of Canadian men. For insured US men, the rate was 52%.
@AndroidPolitician Also France has a more private system then the UK and Canada. In France it is about 65% public with the rest private both profit and non profit. The NHS has a near monopoly on primary care and and in Canada the government controls about 75% of the funding but has direct control over the hospitals. I would be interested in knowing what you think about the system in Singapore.
It's Thomas Sowell's world, we just live in it.
Better how? Quality? Access? Cost?I doubt the quality is any better and I'm sure the access is worse. I can get an MRI here by just calling the place a few miles from me and scheduling one and paying for it. You can't do that in Cuba. You can't do that here in the US either though if you don't have the money for it.If by "better" you mean "you don't have to pay out of pocket", then I'd have to argue that it's not better for me because I have the means to pay my own way and I thank God for that.
Even worse, they follow rappers now.
@Kogerii What do you mean he has been for state expansion? I just read one of his newer books and there was no call for state expansion. If anything it was the other way around. He was a Marxist (even after studying under Friedman) in is youth and converted to classical economics as he grew older.
What good is it to live a long life if that life sucks though?
Who has taken on the role left behind by the great T. Sowell
Candace owens, perhaps
GOD DAMIT!!!! IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A VIDEO ON LIBERTARIANISM FOR A GOOD QUOTE TO END MY POWERPOINT! THIS FUCKING VIDEO CAME SOOOO CLOSE IF IT WASN'T TALKING ABOUT BLACKS BUT JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
@AndroidPolitician That was a study done by the O'neill's and pushed by John Goodman.
Because The Man doesn't want you to know about the truth.
@AndroidPolitician Wrong on all counts.
1. There were retalliations in response from other countries resulting in a 61% drop in exports in one year. Derp!
2. After the collapse of Somalia's socialist govt:
Life expectancy - higher
Access to health care facilities - higher
Infant mortality - lower
Civil liberties - more
Extreme poverty - lower.
@aldoreshgaramok That, then makes, the government illegitimate. Therefore it should be null and void.
@AndroidPolitician No, I do not unfortunately. I'm not willing to accept that Canada's healthcare is better than a Free Market system. In every instance where Government has been involved the cost always goes up.
@mixmastermeeks
Maybe I got it flipped then. Is he employed by anyone now or living off of lectures and book sales?
French colonies: The West Indies, n'est-ce pas?
British overseas Territories list can be found on wikipedia.
Why don't políticans listen to him
@AndroidPolitician Data collection standards differ all over the world. This shouldn't be a shock to you. I will map it out for you. Warren Myers blogged about it in aug 2008 and it tracks all the way back to the Marian F. MacDorman, PhD, a CDC epidemiologist. You stated that it has long been disproven. Could you please show me where this was done.
I can't notice anything regarding health care GDP because I don't know what numbers you are looking at
@dovahkiin516 How can you argue that the free market works and then believe in minimum wage? Serious dissonance.
I don't think so, nippy.
"a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire."
It's true we have a leader now who sees himself as an emperor, and we will need to fix that (passing bills in secret, bypassing Congress, etc.).
You are comparing apples and oranges. We have trade agreements with Malaysia but we have not invaded and or are occupying them. The gist of my post you responded to was one of many throughout the thread that was focused specifically on how we use our military to exploit in our business dealings. If you have not studied the history of the middle east or South America for the last 60 years I can understand how you might not agree with my post.
the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Then they want you to judge by their intentions rather than the results. Need to strike at the root on that.
He should have ran for office.
Wow what a concept. Letting the the poor decide their qwn fate.
I agree. I know a lot of high school dropouts that graduated in my law school class. Some people aren't challenged in high school. Some are late bloomers. Some have family issues to deal with and school is a distraction. Besides you earn a GI Bill. It isn't free government money. Soldiers are paid poorly in my opinion without the benefits, and maybe even after.
You should be careful when misrepresenting what Greenspan said.
@thatsillyliberal yes, an accurate self description
["What this betrays is a sense...a sort of propriatary conception of blacks somewhat at variance with the spirit of the 13 amendment. "]
BAM!!
That was the sound of Dr. Sowell dropping some knowledge on your ass.
@GnomesAmok he is your Uncle? you should be proud that one of the smartest men in America is related to you!
You think they don't know that. It's done purposely. Anyone who even remotely speaks like Mr. Thomas is kept as far away from the public as possible. All the money spent on education, wonder why this is not taught in the public school system.
compare the wisdom of mr Sowell and say,,, Jesse Jackson.. Who would you want to follow??
Yeah no, I have many good reasons as to why to blame socialism and critical theory for the pitfalls this great Constitutional Republic has faced.
I think hes to smart to put himself through that
@AndroidPolitician No more private does not equal worse, Canada and the UK lag behind all EU and Asian nations which have public and private systems like the USA. The USA is an outlier because the cost of developing health care is more incorporated into the cost and subtracted from the cost of other nations. A second problem you don't mention is what happens when the government goes belly up..Who in Greece is going to keep the standard of health care up now?
@AndroidPolitician 1. Obviously you didn't read the refutation. They interviewed uninsured patients only once, and if they died years later, they assumed they were still uninsured. #FAIL. They also didn't survey those older than 65
2. An insurance company can't "deny surgery", they can only deny paying for it. Insurance company can't stop doctors from doing transplant. Moreover UNOS has a policy of giving patients organs without regard to financial status
...contd...
@555pontifex
Given your comment's popularity, I am convinced that those people who view this video did not, in fact, "elect the wrong black man".
TS is mad smart and articulate. Too bad the same song and dance hasn't changed by the Dems and has, and will, always get worse.
God help the poverty pimps, when the people catch on.
Smoke another bowl.
@AndroidPolitician The claim that most drug research is done by Government grants is misleading for a number of reasons.
The first is padding the numbers of drug research by gov is done by connecting grants from government with university reasearch labs that produce the elementary science behind drug discoveries. Much of this is government but it is a lose connection at best and I could make similar claims about the oil industry for example..cont
@dovahkiin516 Free market works best, but with some government help to ensure you don't have mass poverty. Do I argue that the status quo of America is right? No. I would argue that it is so complex and complicated that it would be easier to wipe everything out and start again from scratch.
OBAMA BIDEN BERNIE or AOC & SQUAD WILL NOT DARE DEBATE THIS MAN , THOMAS SOWELL