History of Free Markets in Solving Discrimination | Thomas Sowell
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Sowell Explains
This is part 3 of a three-part series on the Economics of Discrimination. See this playlist for the complete series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7s6piXiFK-T2Qy9bVRPPdo5LWL0itnX9
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In short, the free market assists in the elimination of discrimination, for to uphold discriminate views of others based upon race, ethnicity, or creed is to do so at the expense of your bottom line.
steven frasier
If we're to return to Conservative values as a society and get back to fundamentals in education, then "The Selected Works of Sowell" would be a good wedge in the curriculum pie.
Yomoholo
I cant help but wonder if the reasons for the raising of the minimum wage, and instituting rent control is that doing so is intended to lower the cost of discrimination to make affirmative action more economically viable.
I once heard a saying along the lines of, "if you cant find the motive then look at the result and infer what the motive was"
if both a higher minimum wage and, rent control lower the cost of discrimination then would it be possible that the lower cost of discrimination was always the intention or at least part of it?
steven frasier
Honest business leads to honest relationships, whether the venture is a literal business, or the "business" of relations themselves. A couple of generations later, two families of different races can become genuine allies and even intermarry into a dynasty -- but we'll cross that bridge if we ever get to it! LOL...
Megan Lukes
I went to a group interview for a web development paid apprenticeship. The guy in charge of the program flat-out told us “We are trying to get more women and minorities involved in web development, but our need is great enough that we’ll take anyone at this point.” Even with an explicit request for affirmative action, at least a third of the people hired ended up being straight white men.
M B
Thank you for uploading these.
Elerad
I keep trying to explain this to my brother-in-law, who's a big government lib: essentially every awful thing that happens to people can be traced back to the government. If you let the market do its thing, you'll see a lot of these horrible things that people do or that are done to them fade. Will they go away? Of course not. There is no utopia. But the government prolongs and exacerbates so many human fallacies.
Muhammad Robinson
IRS
How could the Markets be " Free " when it is Mandatory to file Taxes with the IRS ?
Bernard Shikoli
A living legend indeed
Keeping it Wild
What was mentioned in the beginning about Apartheid was very interesting.
Karen Snyder
The Bush Center/ Institute will never invite Mr Sowell to speak there. He’s too honest, reasonable, and wise.
Robert R. Abell
Thank you Dr. Thomas Sowell for my Daly dose of Sowell. All day long Yahoo 😅
BeauPierre Bondurant
Dr.Thomas Sowell is an American treasure.
A. Scott Munson Jr.
Great work Dr. Sowell. Scooby snacks for you!
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That awkward moment when the subtitles disappear and you just realized you have to rely entirely on your hearing to get the message.

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