The Argument That They're Stealing Jobs

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There are millions of more job openings than there are people looking for ork. So the argument that theire stealing jobs, i just think doesn't don't match the facts on the ground here. We can have an argument over the size of the population, but whether or not they 're stealing jobs is an empirical question which could be answered bo looking at the number of job openings and a number of job seekers. And when you say, i'm in favor of freedom, except or i'm in Favor of small government, except in every administration grows the government pretty consistently. Over the last two centuries, whether it's republican or democrat, the government gets bigger, almost like a law of

Shermer speaks with Jason Riley about Maverick — the first-ever biography of Thomas Sowell, one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, Sowell has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture. His bold and unsentimental assaults on liberal orthodoxy have endeared him to many readers but have also enraged fellow intellectuals, the civil-rights establishment, and much of the mainstream media. The result has been a lack of acknowledgment of his scholarship among critics who prioritize political correctness.

Shermer and Riley discuss: Riley’s documentary on Sowell; Sowell’s philosophy that “there are no solutions, only trade-offs”; mismatch theory and affirmative action; race and IQ; why Riley thinks liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed; political correctness; BLM, antiracism, reparations; charity and welfare; income inequality and UBI, and much more…