The Glenn Show Emily Skarbek – Thomas Sowell Today
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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
John Cochrane’s review of Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative
Hayek’s book, Law, Legislation, and Liberty
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