Truly a great read. Most intellectuals can see what the problems are in this country but no one is doing anything about it...
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Thomas Sowell from Wikipedia: Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. A National Humanities Medal winner, he advocates laissez-faire economics and writes from a conservative and libertarian perspective. He is currently a Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Sowell was born in North Carolina, but grew up in Harlem, New York. He dropped out of high school, and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1958 and a master's degree from Columbia University in 1959. In 1968, he earned his doctorate degree in economics from the University of Chicago.
Sowell has served on the faculties of several universities, including Cornell and University of California, Los Angeles, and worked for think tanks such as the Urban Institute. Since 1980 he has worked at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of more than 30 books.
Sowell was born in North Carolina, but grew up in Harlem, New York. He dropped out of high school, and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1958 and a master's degree from Columbia University in 1959. In 1968, he earned his doctorate degree in economics from the University of Chicago.
Sowell has served on the faculties of several universities, including Cornell and University of California, Los Angeles, and worked for think tanks such as the Urban Institute. Since 1980 he has worked at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of more than 30 books.
6 comments:
He has zero understanding of the problem and just because he is black doesn't make that ok.
"Most intellectuals can see what the problems are in this country but no one is doing anything about it..."
I agree wholeheartedly.
"he advocates laissez-faire economics and writes from a conservative and libertarian perspective"
Laissez-faire is the same "free market" bullshit that created the modern slave markets in the first place. Its actually incompatible with the idea of liberty. Laissez-faire literally means "Leave us be", or deregulation of the economy. That's madness. That's precisely how less than 150 companies have control of 100% of the money in the world. It means no law, every man for himself and promotes gangsters to consolidate and take over.
"worked for think tanks such as the Urban Institute"
I wonder how many of his ideas have been stolen and used against his own principles. The poor bastard doesn't know that he's just as much a slave as we are.
It isn't the system that is at fault, it is man and his greed for wealth and power, such as Sowell names. NO SYSTEM can function under conditions with "leaders" who are self-serving, controlling and evil. Until man learns to control and manage his own emotions, nothing will work! That is why we were commanded to live by every word of God. At least while the United States operated under the pretense of being "one nation under God", all was fine! Now there is no pretense and all HELL has broken loose!
Dr. Sowell is right on. Just take a good look in THE BOOK (Bible) of the one who created you, that tells us how to live and treat each other, as well as telling us how to be a leader.
THE BOOK also lets us know that whoever operates with greed, calling evil good and good evil, taking from the one who works hard and giving it to the ones who just want a handout, murdering babies, thinking that the Creator created Adam and Seve instead of Adam and Eve, giving weapons and $ to our enemies, power hungry - having to have control are TOTALLY OUR OF CONTROL and will end up in a VERY UNPLEASANT place for a very long time, unless they do a 180% turnaround. We need Divine intervention!!!!
He went to one of the best colleges in America to study economics...I honestly think he understands the problem better than a bunch of kids who dont know the difference between a stock and a bond.If you want to see real protesters look at the civil and womens rights movements or even the American Revolution.
All I see in the Occupy wallstreet protesters is spoiled brats stomping their feet because they have realized that life is sometimes hard and unfair.
Dr. Sowell only wrote the part in quotes at the very end. He IS a great guy, though.
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