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Thomas Sowell on Economic Facts and Fallacies

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Feb 25, 2008
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Failure to Compare Apples to Apples
02:47 • 1min
3
The Role of Prices in Income Comparisons
04:15 • 3min
4
The Importance of Distribution of Income
07:03 • 3min
5
The Fallacy of the System
09:57 • 3min
6
The Disdain and Greed of Corporate CEOs
13:11 • 3min
7
The Zero Sum Fallacy
15:47 • 4min
8
The Differences Between Male and Female Earnings
19:20 • 3min
9
The Importance of Hours of Work
22:34 • 3min
10
The Disparate Outcomes for Blacks and Whites
25:09 • 2min
11
The Importance of Age of Marriage
27:22 • 3min
12
The Effects of Marriage and Childbearing Age on Blacks
29:56 • 2min
13
The Paradox of Black Poverty Rates
31:42 • 3min
14
The Importance of Ideology Over Facts
34:50 • 3min
15
The Death of Dependency Theory in the 20th Century
38:12 • 4min
16
The Importance of Asking and Then What
41:54 • 2min
17
The Importance of Motive in Civil Society
43:53 • 2min
18
The Role of Natural Resources in World Poverty
45:42 • 3min
19
The Importance of Natural Resources
48:25 • 2min
20
The Importance of Emotional Reactions
49:57 • 4min
21
The Importance of Knowledge in Society
53:32 • 2min
22
The Conflict of Visions
55:12 • 3min
23
The Utopia of the Intellectuals
57:54 • 2min
24
The Importance of Diversity in the United States
59:40 • 2min
25
The Problem With the Constitution in Europe
01:01:52 • 2min
26
The Importance of Diversity in American Culture
01:04:18 • 2min