Show 383 Thomas Sowell two interviews with the author. Audio

 Show 383 First interview- Peter Robinson speaks with Thomas Sowell about his book Economic Facts and Fallacies  Filmed on February 05, 2008

 Peter Robinson speaks with Thomas Sowell about his new book Economic Facts and Fallacies in which Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues. Sowell takes on the conventional thinking on a wide swath of America's economic life, from male-female economic differences to income stagnation, executive pay, and social mobility to economics of higher education. In all cases he demonstrates how economics relates to the social issues that deeply affect our country. (33:21) Filmed on February 05, 2008

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 Second interview- Thomas Sowell and a Conflict of Visions Filmed on October 21, 2008.  Sowell describes the critical differences between interests and visions. Interests, he says, are articulated by people who know what their interests are and what they want to do about them. Visions, however, are the implicit assumptions by which people operate. In politics, visions are either "constrained” or "unconstrained.” A closer look at the statements of both McCain and Obama reveals which "vision” motivates their policy positions, particularly as they pertain to the war, the law, and economics. His 1987 book, A Conflict of Visions, was re-released in 2007.

 (37:38) To see the video of this interview visit: http://www.hoover.org/multimedia/uk/33647984.html

 Thomas Sowell has studied and taught economics, intellectual history, and social policy at institutions that include Cornell, UCLA, and Amherst. Now a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Sowell has published more than a dozen books. 

 Economist Thomas Sowell is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of numerous books including Affirmative Action around the World (2004), Basic Economics (2004), Applied Economics (2003), and, most recently, Economic Facts and Fallacies. His nationally syndicated column appears in more than 150 newspapers from Boston to Honolulu. Sowell was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2002; in 2003, he received the Bradley Prize for intellectual achievement.

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