The Mythology of Thomas Sowell

[houndawg]

sowell is to economics what a microwave burrito bought at a gas station convenience store at 2:00 am is to fine dining.

Economist ?

His brilliance on such a wide range of subjects made me forget that he was, haven’t read any of it

Astrologer

[Caribbean Hen]

Economist ?

His brilliance on such a wide range of subjects made me forget that he was, haven’t read any of it

Astrologer

Nooooo you’re confused

That would be that Woke a Dope De Grasse or Walter Mercado

[houndawg]

Astrologer

Nooooo you’re confused

That would be that Woke a Dope De Grasse or Walter Mercado

Ah, not strong in the STEM subjects are we?

[Caribbean Hen]

Nooooo you’re confused

That would be that Woke a Dope De Grasse or Walter Mercado

Ah, not strong in the STEM subjects are we?

I asked you a math question and you flunked it

[Caribbean Hen]

Still trying to defend Sowell and his vacuous hate-onomics, I see. The left brought us out of the Great Depression, oversaw the longest period of market stability (thanks Glass-Stegall), and rise of strongest middle class the world has ever seen.

How about starting with the classics like Adam Smith and John Locke and work up to more modern thinkers like John Kenneth Galbraith?

I really don't know anything about Thomas Sowell nor the tit-for-tat back and forth you're having with Carib, but did you honestly just credit one side of the political spectrum with the bold above? Come on, I know we've talked about the poor outcomes of historical education in this country, but surely you haven't been taught that and/or believe that? We got out of the Great Depression thanks to a massive world war and the utter destruction of most of the rest of the industrialized world, other than ourselves. I mean, heck, you could make a better case that Hitler got us out of the Great Depression, in a weird and morbid sort of way. Heck, we had a pretty disastrous recession during the Great Depression that was a direct result of a lot of the New Deal structures put in place.

As for market stability and Glass-Stegall's contribution to that, how do you explain the 11 different recessions this country had from the time of the Great Depression to the time of basically the eradication of Glass-Stegall? How is that stability as you mention? That's like one recession every 5-8 years. I agree that without Glass-Stegall that we're operating without a safety net, but we're not any more unstable now market-wise than we were before its demise.

And as for the middle class and the strength of it, again, not really sure what either side of the political spectrum has to singularly do with that - it's more an outcome of a good, decently-regulated capitalistic economy, mixed with a well-educated and growing population, to both innovate/invent as well as to work in it, that has been the driver for our increase in standard of living. Both sides of the political spectrum contribute and inhibit that working in various ways.

But anyway, don't let me get in the way of your squabble with the denizens of this board, just interjecting to correct the historical inaccuracies.

perfect example on how the left silences anyone who tells the truth

Sowell's wisdom would never be allowed on mainstream because the MSM want's the flock to listen to AA's like Al Sharpton 

[UNI88]

I really don't know anything about Thomas Sowell nor the tit-for-tat back and forth you're having with Carib, but did you honestly just credit one side of the political spectrum with the bold above? Come on, I know we've talked about the poor outcomes of historical education in this country, but surely you haven't been taught that and/or believe that? We got out of the Great Depression thanks to a massive world war and the utter destruction of most of the rest of the industrialized world, other than ourselves. I mean, heck, you could make a better case that Hitler got us out of the Great Depression, in a weird and morbid sort of way. Heck, we had a pretty disastrous recession during the Great Depression that was a direct result of a lot of the New Deal structures put in place.

As for market stability and Glass-Stegall's contribution to that, how do you explain the 11 different recessions this country had from the time of the Great Depression to the time of basically the eradication of Glass-Stegall? How is that stability as you mention? That's like one recession every 5-8 years. I agree that without Glass-Stegall that we're operating without a safety net, but we're not any more unstable now market-wise than we were before its demise.

And as for the middle class and the strength of it, again, not really sure what either side of the political spectrum has to singularly do with that - it's more an outcome of a good, decently-regulated capitalistic economy, mixed with a well-educated and growing population, to both innovate/invent as well as to work in it, that has been the driver for our increase in standard of living. Both sides of the political spectrum contribute and inhibit that working in various ways.

But anyway, don't let me get in the way of your squabble with the denizens of this board, just interjecting to correct the historical inaccuracies.

perfect example on how the left silences anyone who tells the truth

Sowell's wisdom would never be allowed on mainstream because the MSM want's the flock to listen to AA's like Al Sharpton 

I hate to break to you but the right is not better when it comes to silencing anyone who tells the truth. They both want to control what people believe is "the truth".

Sowell is to economics what Bill Nye is to physics.

[Caribbean Hen]

perfect example on how the left silences anyone who tells the truth

Sowell's wisdom would never be allowed on mainstream because the MSM want's the flock to listen to AA's like Al Sharpton 

I hate to break to you but the right is not better when it comes to silencing anyone who tells the truth. They both want to control what people believe is "the truth".

Sowell is to economics what Bill Nye is to physics.

GF is well read and he’s never heard of Thomas Sowell

I’ve never posted any of Sowells economic writings by the way but you can keep deflecting the truth if you want

[UNI88]

I hate to break to you but the right is not better when it comes to silencing anyone who tells the truth. They both want to control what people believe is "the truth".

Sowell is to economics what Bill Nye is to physics.

GF is well read and he’s never heard of Thomas Sowell

I’ve never posted any of Sowells economic writings by the way but you can keep deflecting the truth if you want

So Ganny not having heard of Sowell is evidence that Sowell is being silenced for telling the truth? That's Correlation does not prove causation.

Maybe Ganny hasn't heard of Sowell because Sowell's writings are trite and oversimplistic and Ganny likes to read real experts.

[Caribbean Hen]

GF is well read and he’s never heard of Thomas Sowell

I’ve never posted any of Sowells economic writings by the way but you can keep deflecting the truth if you want

So Ganny not having heard of Sowell is evidence that Sowell is being silenced for telling the truth? That's Correlation does not prove causation.

Maybe Ganny hasn't heard of Sowell because Sowell's writings are trite and oversimplistic and Ganny likes to read real experts.

How many times have you seen Thomas Sowell on main stream television?

How many times have you seen bozo Al Sharpton on main stream television?

Why is that?

[UNI88]

So Ganny not having heard of Sowell is evidence that Sowell is being silenced for telling the truth? That's Correlation does not prove causation.

Maybe Ganny hasn't heard of Sowell because Sowell's writings are trite and oversimplistic and Ganny likes to read real experts.

How many times have you seen Thomas Sowell on main stream television?

How many times have you seen bozo Al Sharpton on main stream television?

Why is that?

How many times have you seen Neil deGrasse Tyson on main stream television?

How many times have you seen bozo doneOLD trump on main stream television?

Why is that?

[Caribbean Hen]

How many times have you seen Thomas Sowell on main stream television?

How many times have you seen bozo Al Sharpton on main stream television?

Why is that?

How many times have you seen Neil deGrasse Tyson on main stream television?

How many times have you seen bozo doneOLD trump on main stream television?

Why is that?

but Trump

[GannonFan]

Trust me, I'm not really reading a lot of economics texts in my free time.

[Caribbean Hen]

Trust me, I'm not really reading a lot of economics texts in my free time.

I watch his Uncommon knowledge videos and have never heard him talk about economics

these guys selling Sowell as only an economist is to deflect away from the truth in his 47 books and countless interviews ... the left hates him of course

[Caribbean Hen]

How many times have you seen Thomas Sowell on main stream television?

How many times have you seen bozo Al Sharpton on main stream television?

Why is that?

How many times have you seen Neil deGrasse Tyson on main stream television?

How many times have you seen bozo doneOLD trump on main stream television?

Why is that?

by the way, I know who Neil DeGrasse is, I happened across a few of his Star Talk videos and liked them but I like astronomy. I had to learn celestial navigation and got pretty good at it but its been almost 40 years since I used it and he explains things in a way that the military training did not

GF, I'd be curious to know if they are still teaching celestial nav at the Naval academy, I sure would because when the Chinese come for us the GPS system will be destroyed and somebody will have to be able to go old school

[UNI88]

Trust me, I'm not really reading a lot of economics texts in my free time.

I watch his Uncommon knowledge videos and have never heard him talk about economics

these guys selling Sowell as only an economist is to deflect away from the truth in his 47 books and countless interviews ... the left hates him of course

I don't hate Sowell but I'm not on the left either. I just think his typical work is trite and overly simplistic. Scott Adams is more insightful.

[GannonFan]

How many times have you seen Neil deGrasse Tyson on main stream television?

How many times have you seen bozo doneOLD trump on main stream television?

Why is that?

by the way, I know who Neil DeGrasse is, I happened across a few of his Star Talk videos and liked them but I like astronomy. I had to learn celestial navigation and got pretty good at it but its been almost 40 years since I used it and he explains things in a way that the military training did not

GF, I'd be curious to know if they are still teaching celestial nav at the Naval academy, I sure would because when the Chinese come for us the GPS system will be destroyed and somebody will have to be able to go old school

He gets some type of seamanship course at least once a year for all 4 years. I'm sure they mention the stars at some point during that time. He did enjoy just learning to sail during plebe summer. Says he'd like to go out more but between school and running he's a tad busy.

[kalm]

by the way, I know who Neil DeGrasse is, I happened across a few of his Star Talk videos and liked them but I like astronomy. I had to learn celestial navigation and got pretty good at it but its been almost 40 years since I used it and he explains things in a way that the military training did not

GF, I'd be curious to know if they are still teaching celestial nav at the Naval academy, I sure would because when the Chinese come for us the GPS system will be destroyed and somebody will have to be able to go old school

He gets some type of seamanship course at least once a year for all 4 years. I'm sure they mention the stars at some point during that time. He did enjoy just learning to sail during plebe summer. Says he'd like to go out more but between school and running he's a tad busy.

This all extremely cool, Ganny!

Great experiences!

[Caribbean Hen]

by the way, I know who Neil DeGrasse is, I happened across a few of his Star Talk videos and liked them but I like astronomy. I had to learn celestial navigation and got pretty good at it but its been almost 40 years since I used it and he explains things in a way that the military training did not

GF, I'd be curious to know if they are still teaching celestial nav at the Naval academy, I sure would because when the Chinese come for us the GPS system will be destroyed and somebody will have to be able to go old school

He gets some type of seamanship course at least once a year for all 4 years. I'm sure they mention the stars at some point during that time. He did enjoy just learning to sail during plebe summer. Says he'd like to go out more but between school and running he's a tad busy.

Yes, they keep you very busy indeed, learning to sail is a good thing to learn too, especially for a nautical service.

[Caribbean Hen]

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

Sowell

[Bobcat]

KKKalm is getting beat to death on so many threads.

Serious question?

Can we make him an honorary black guy on this site even though hes pretty racist?

[kalm]

KKKalm is getting beat to death on so many threads.

Serious question?

Can we make him an honorary black guy on this site even though hes pretty racist?

Yeegads, man. If you agreed with me on ANYTHING and didn’t resort to projective name calling I’d have to do some serious soul searching.

[houndawg]

Ah, not strong in the STEM subjects are we?

I asked you a math question and you flunked it

I bet you're a whiz at the 3x3-3/3+3 higher math problems on fb

[houndawg]

He gets some type of seamanship course at least once a year for all 4 years. I'm sure they mention the stars at some point during that time. He did enjoy just learning to sail during plebe summer. Says he'd like to go out more but between school and running he's a tad busy.

Yes, they keep you very busy indeed, learning to sail is a good thing to learn too, especially for a nautical service.

thats so deep it could have been said by Sowell himself...

[Caribbean Hen]

Yes, they keep you very busy indeed, learning to sail is a good thing to learn too, especially for a nautical service.

thats so deep it could have been said by Sowell himself...

No, it should be plain as day but you still didn't get it...Honestly, I wouldn't have expected you to

[kalm]

Yes, they keep you very busy indeed, learning to sail is a good thing to learn too, especially for a nautical service.

thats so deep it could have been said by Sowell himself...

Thomas Sowell never sailed shit. The very weight of his cruel and wicked heart would have sunk any vessel.