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Jason Riley – Thomas Sowell's Path from Marx to Hayek

Published 10 months, 2 weeks ago

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0:00 The upcoming Hoover Institution conference honoring Thomas Sowell

5:37 Sowell’s apprentice work at the University of Chicago

12:58 Ground News ad

14:45 Hayek’s influence on Sowell

19:55 Jason: No one is smarter than the market

24:58 The unconstrained vision vs. the constrained vision

33:04 Sowell’s contribution to economic literacy

37:44 Sowell’s tough early life and his path to Marx

]47:55 Jason: Sowell’s willingness to weigh in on race hurt his career

53:58 Sowell’s evisceration of The Bell Curve

Recorded on August 25, 2025

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Jason’s writing for the Wall Street Journal