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0:00 The upcoming Hoover Institution conference honoring Thomas Sowell
5:37 Sowell’s apprentice work at the University of Chicago
12:58 Ground News ad
14:45 Hayek’s influence on Sowell
19:55 Jason: No one is smarter than the market
24:58 The unconstrained vision vs. the constrained vision
33:04 Sowell’s contribution to economic literacy
37:44 Sowell’s tough early life and his path to Marx
]47:55 Jason: Sowell’s willingness to weigh in on race hurt his career
53:58 Sowell’s evisceration of The Bell Curve
Recorded on August 25, 2025
Links and Readings
Jason’s writing for the Wall Street Journal
Jason’s book, Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell
Thoma Sowell’s memoir, A Personal Journey
Sowell’s book, Knowledge and Decisions
Sowell’s book, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Conflict
Sowell’s book, Ethnic America: A History
Sowell’s book, Race and Culture
Sowell’s book, Migration and Cultures: A World View
Friedrich Von Hayek’s essay, “The Use of Knowledge in Society”
Hayek’s review of Knowledge and Decisions
Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein
Sowell’s book, The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
Sowell’s book, The Quest for Cosmic Justice
Milton Friedman’s TV show, Free to Choose
Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray’s book, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
Sowell’s American Spectator review of The Bell Curve, “Ethnicity and IQ”
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