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Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley has just published Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell, the definitive account of the life of Hoover senior fellow Thomas Sowell. In this wide-ranging interview, Peter Robinson and Riley discuss the events and people that helped Sowell become one of the most important American voices on cultural, economic, and racial matters of the last 50 years.
Recorded on May 13, 2021
The clips used in this show came from the following interviews of Thomas Sowell:
Thomas Sowell talks about his new book Economic Facts and Fallacies
Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World (Jason Riley’s documentary on Thomas Sowell)
Around the World In 80 Ways: Affirmative Action around the World
An Economist Looks at 90: Tom Sowell on Charter Schools and Their Enemies
Discrimination and Disparities with Thomas Sowell
To view the transcript of this conversation, click here.
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