Thomas Sowell - Gender Bias and Income Disparity: A Myth?
BackComplete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/21/Uncommon_Knowledge_Thomas_Sowell 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. ----- 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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Uploaded: April 2, 2008 at 11:17 am
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Video Comments:
shumich (Tuesday 2nd of December 2008 04:59:30 PM)
Oops. I just copy and paste that comment on all of Sowell's stuff. He makes me sick. I wish Manning Marable got as much media attention as he does. Then again, Sowell says everything that rich, white people want to hear.
yak6ex (Tuesday 2nd of December 2008 12:31:27 PM)
I don't think he is talking about race. Does he mention race in clip?
shumich (Sunday 30th of November 2008 01:36:15 PM)
"Yessa massa, that's a right. My people's is lazy and shiftless so's yous shouldn't gives them moneys." "That's right Tom You're a good boy. You're not like them. Dance for us Tom. Shuffle your feet and sing the blues." "Shoo massa I's loves bein a house nigg*r. Eyes a good boy."
affectivity (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 04:03:41 PM)
Thanks so much for posting this. I have read so many of Sowell's books and essays and have admired him for years, but I've never seen him speak before.
fiercegallantry (Saturday 22nd of November 2008 10:45:08 PM)
You are a weasel.
Sowell is a profound intellectual, the premier expositor & developer of Hayekian social philosophy for the last two-and-a-half decades.
Sowell is far from a "tool of the status quo." Indeed, he has long been a fierce critique of the Big Government status quo, adn of institutionalized cowardice in academia & government.
j3ox (Saturday 15th of November 2008 12:21:02 PM)
I think Sowell is correct here. However I will argue his last point. Being out of computer engineering for a while does not obsolete a person and make them have to start back at zero. As long as you are capable and understand the basics of things like design or debugging, you can get back up to speed very quickly. It's just a matter of learning a few new tools.
pongman32 (Wednesday 19th of November 2008 11:33:19 PM)
I agree with you to a degree, but I think saying that is is "just a matter of learning a few new tools" overly trivializes it. The entire landscape can change in 5 years, languages, operating systems, etc. can become obsolete. Yes, if you are a competent, intelligent developer you will be able to jump back in, but it may be very tough finding a job if you haven't kept up to speed somewhat during the hiatus.
2ndAsstJizzMopper (Friday 14th of November 2008 06:45:25 PM)
"there is an intrinsic societal bias in favor of men,"
tell that to any man who's been stalked by a woman. you'll get laughed out of the room, deservedly.
Capnwabbit (Friday 14th of November 2008 01:34:51 PM)
Not sure what you're on about but the doing away with child support I'd deffo support. Seriously, it's a 'moral hazard' that like abortion (I'm pro choice but acknowledge facts) has led to MORE "fatherless" children precisely BECAUSE the state claims the right and the ability to both destroy fatherhood and yet make fathers pay for welfare. It's a loony system that has done immense damage and came directly from the Soviet Union's attempt to destroy the family.
Capnwabbit (Friday 14th of November 2008 01:31:16 PM)
And which part of the argument or facts did you disagree with?