Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Thomas Sowell about his remarkable journey from growing up in Harlem to becoming one of America’s most influential economists.
- Discusses why he was once a Marxist and the facts that ultimately changed his mind
- how his experience at the U.S. Department of Labor taught him that government agencies have incentives of their own
- why minimum wage laws can hurt the very people they are intended to help
- the danger of judging policies by their intentions rather than their actual results
- why universities increasingly shut out opposing viewpoints
- the difference between racial disparities and discrimination
- how age, culture, economics, and other factors can explain inequality
- why competitive free markets can reduce discrimination
- what’s gone wrong with America’s public schools
- why he believes the media are often misinformed and fail to check basic facts
- the proper role of government in a free-market economy
- why an informed public is essential to electing better leaders
- his pessimism about the future; the importance of common decency; and much more.
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