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Thomas Sowell Argues Income Inequality And Institutional Racism Aren't Really Problems

[Daily Caller] Legendary economist Thomas Sowell is as impressed with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton's ideas as he is with Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates' -- which is to say, not much.

Sowell, currently a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, is out with a new book, "Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective." Last week, he opened up about his new book and topics related to it in an interview on the "Hugh Hewitt Show," guest-hosted by this writer.

Asked about in-vogue author Ta-Nehisi Coates and his theory that black America's plight can be blamed on institutional racism, Sowell said, "It's hard to know whether to laugh or cry."

"What bothers me is that when he says things like that there is no need to produce one spec of evidence to back that up," he elaborated. "You simply make the assertion and it's repeated enough -- it's the old formula by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, that the people will believe any lie if it's big enough and told loud enough, often enough. And that's the basis of so many of these things that are said. Once you start getting into facts, then all of this stuff crumbles. But the problem is neither the media nor a good share of academia feel like testing these fashionable notions."

Posted by Besoeker 2015-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Sowell is right. At this time, the country seems to be awash in Marxism, Communism and facisism. As Sowell said: "You simply make the assertion and it's repeated enough -- it's the old formula by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, that the people will believe any lie if it's big enough and told loud enough, often enough." Plus, you keep the economy in a deplorable state--never quite recovering. Obamacare has destroyed many full time jobs. The labor participation level really sucks. And then you have a lefty press trumpeting such nonsense as good and successful. The 4th estate has become the 5th column.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-10-06 07:45|| 2015-10-06 07:45|| Front Page Top

#2 The only institutional racism in this country is Affirmative Action.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-10-06 12:25|| 2015-10-06 12:25|| Front Page Top

#3 @Ebbang Uluque6305
+1

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-10-06 12:58|| 2015-10-06 12:58|| Front Page Top

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