Thomas Sowell - Gender Bias and Income Disparity: A Myth?

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/21/Uncommon_Kn...

Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Sowell argues that economic differences between working men and women are not generally due to employer discrimination, as is widely alleged.

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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 - Hoover Institution

Thomas Sowell is an American economist, political writer, and commentator. He is currently a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In 1990, he won the Francis Boyer Award, presented by the American Enterprise Institute. In 2002 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal for prolific scholarship melding history, economics, and political science.

Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge.

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[7s29]

Equality to a femtard is like a man and woman racing 100m, with the woman starting 80m down the track. Then praising the women on a job well done when she wins.

[18chigirl]

As a woman, I could not DISAGREE with you more. Go study some economics before you post pure crap for everyone to see.

[Edbrad]

Do you have any concrete facts and data or just vacuous claims?

[freein2339]

Talk to some women...you might finally get lucky....

[Edbrad]

Im afraid you;ll have to be more specific, no feminist has ever proven there is a wage gap due to discrimination. The ""80c to a mans dollar" is a absurd lie Im amazed they get away with. What do you think the women in my family would say? Do you have an example that accounts for all the variables or not?

[freein2339]

Research the Leadbelly act that the President signed 5 years ago...Or ...ask the women in your famly...

[Edbrad]

Well when you guys can actually show some examples instead of throwing out sensationalist meaningless figures like "80c to a mans dollar", do let us know.

[freein2339]

Happens all the time and conservatives don't give a fuck....

[Edbrad]

How about how show a woman who is of equal education, equal work history in the same job for the same company, getting paid less than a man.

[bigmikesfa]

I was joking. . .

[Bradley Wise]

Did you even listen to Sowell's arguments? When people of equal education, constant time on the job, etc, there is no pay gap. You have to wonder what the intentions of people are who knowingly put out these kind of divisive, misleading statistics.