Thomas Sowell

In this wide-ranging interview marking the publication of his new book, The Thomas Sowell Reader, Thomas Sowell, the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, discusses, with Hoover research fellow Peter Robinson, his life, Barack Obama, class warfare, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and the influence of Milton Friedman.

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News & Politics

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• HooverInstitutionUK
• equality
• law
• economics
• taxes
• wealth
• poverty
• free market
• Marxism
• Milton Friedman
• Barack Obama
• class warfare
• Ty Cobb
• and Babe Ruth

[topjimmycooks]

Were I a mayor for one of the large urban centers now dealing with the Occupy folks, I would consider having this video running on a loop in the jail cells for all the losers my police force had to arrest that day.

[BigDaddyDJD]

9:00-9:05 Sowell captured perfectly my exact same reaction!

[gdbalck]

ENOUGH WITH BUFFET'S SECRETARY!!!! He used that claptrap last night in the state of the union address. Turns out, she makes 6 figures, none of it through stocks like Warren. So, by Obama's definition, she's one of the top 10%.

Can't wait for that clown to be gone!

[TimothyADonaghue]

No surprise here.... NO MENTION OF *RON PAUL* in the questions about presidential candidates.

[truevoice08]

Sowell is like Ron Paul. Their writing is much much better than their speaking (which is not to say they're bad speakers).

[86austinc86]

VOTE RON PAUL 2012

A vote for Dr. Paul is a vote for yourself. He wants to limit gov intrusiveness in our lives & allow US to make our own choices. Stop politicians and the elites from thinking that they are so smart that they know how to run our lives better than we do. He is one of the few politicians that will make difficult decisions, he will balance the budget by his 2nd year, while other politicians plan to balance the budget after their term

LISTEN, UNDERSTAND, DECIDE. RON PAUL 2012

[naturalthing1]

Thomas Sowell left the Marxist plantation when he was around 29~30 years old. It's unfortunate that at 50 Obama is still a Marxist. I guess he'll never grow up.

[lysol5555]

why was Sowell a Marxist before he became a professor? Because Money changed people!

[migkillertwo]

"it's basically the same as paying a rate of 30 percent for funds made within one year. "

How so?

[TulaiMr]

We need to draft Thomas Sowell for the presidential race. What a great president he would be. What a great contrast to the Marxist bozo who occupies the White House today.

[Onieracraft]

@poeglives Why are you giving us a definition of Capital gains/losses?

(oh and my other comment for some reason was not added here so my full context was lost a bit.)

[poeglives]

@Aphoresis Paying on the difference in value is capital gains/losses. Too many bemoan gross revenues without understanding such.