Reflections on Sowell: Liberty in Question

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0:00 What Thomas Sowell means to Emily

3:54 What’s the difference between a conservative and a classical liberal?

10:59 Ground News ad

12:45 Sowell’s interventions in price theory and microeconomics

19:31 The parallel careers of Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams

24:51 Emily: Trump is not fulfilling Sowell’s vision of liberty

33:37 A Sowellian critique of expert-driven COVID policies

45:08 The risks of uncertainty in Trump’s economic policies

53:46 The future of classical liberalism

58:01 The Mont Pelerin Society’s intellectual landscape

1:01:15 Glenn’s departure from classical liberalism

Recorded August 19, 2025

Links and Readings

Friedrich Von Hayek’s book, The Constitution of Liberty

Hayek’s essay, “Why I Am Not a Conservative”

Thomas Sowell’s book, Knowledge and Decisions

Bart Wilson’s book, Humanomics: Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations for the Twenty-First Century

The Mont Pelerin Society

John Cochrane’s review of Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

Hayek’s book, Law, Legislation, and Liberty

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