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Every book Thomas Sowell recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Thomas Sowell has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of April 18, 2018.
- Thomas Sowell has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of April 18, 2018.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of April 18, 2018.
- The 3 books Thomas Sowell has mentioned in the most episodes, as of April 18, 2018: Doctor Dolittle, Essays in positive economics and The Better Angels of Our Nature.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Thomas Sowell aired on April 18, 2018.
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Thomas Sowell appeared on The Rubin Report to discuss his book Discrimination and Disparities, offering historical and economic insights across a wide range of topics. During the conversation, Sowell mentioned several books that shaped his intellectual journey and provided context for his observations on human behavior and societal trends. He recalled the Doctor Dolittle books by Hugh Lofting as some of the very first works he checked out from the public library during his childhood. Transitioning to broader societal analyses, Sowell referenced Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature to discuss historical trends in violence, specifically pointing out Pinker's observation regarding the u-turn in homicide rates across the Western world during the 1960s. Additionally, Sowell mentioned reading the joint autobiography of Milton Friedman and his wife, recalling a specific anecdote shared by Friedman's wife about riding the IND subway in Manhattan during earlier decades. Through these mentions, Sowell connected personal literary history with macro-level sociological and economic analysis.
Books Thomas Sowell recommended or discussed
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Essays in positive economics
Discussed“I was reading of Milton Friedman's he and his wife had a joint autobiography and she's looking at one point she looking back on in the days when she would ride the IND subway in Manhattan”
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Discussed“Pinker's book about about violence and you know that throughout what the Western world the homicide rates did a u-turn in the 1960s”
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Books Thomas Sowell wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discrimination and Disparities | Thomas Sowell | POLITICS | Rubin Report | The Rubin Report | 2018-04-18 | 3 |
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Alice in Wonderland, and uh the rest of them, but I came in on May, and there wasn't school wasn't open until September”
“one of the books was the Doctor Dolittle books I don't know if you know what those are”
“yeah Alison Wonderland and the rest of them but the I came in on May and there wasn't school wasn't open until September”
“yeah Alison Wonderland and the rest of them”