Tag: Thomas Sowell

1376: Thomas Sowell – Rent Control Laws

W1376: Thomas Sowell – Rent Control Laws
In Australia, not a single apartment building was built in Melbourne for years after World War II because of rent control laws. In a number of Massachusetts communities, no rental housing was built for a quarter of a century, until the state banned local rent control laws, after which building resumed. The lower rate of return on investments in new buildings causes fewer of them to be built. —Thomas Sowell
In Australia, not a single apartment building was built in Melbourne for years after World War II because of rent control laws. In a number of Massachusetts communities, no rental housing was built for a quarter of a century, until the state banned local rent control laws, after which building resumed. The lower rate of return on investments in new buildings causes fewer of them to be built. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 198KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 111KB
In Australia, not a single apartment building was built in Melbourne for years after World War II because of rent control laws. In a number of Massachusetts communities, no rental housing was built for a quarter of a century, until the state banned local rent control laws, after which building resumed. The lower rate of return on investments in new buildings causes fewer of them to be built. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7680×7680) 298KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×3840) 278KB

In Australia, not a single apartment building was built in Melbourne for years after World War II because of rent control laws. In a number of Massachusetts communities, no rental housing was built for a quarter of a century, until the state banned local rent control laws, after which building resumed. The lower rate of return on investments in new buildings causes fewer of them to be built. —Thomas Sowell

1360: Thomas Sowell – Centralized Censorship

W1360: Thomas Sowell - Centralized Censorship
The intelligencia in the media can decide what to emphasize, what to downplay and what to ignore entirely when it comes to race. These may be individual choices, rather than a conspiracy, but individual choices growing out of a common vision of the world can produce results all too similar to what is produced by centralized censorship or propaganda. —Thomas Sowell
The intelligencia in the media can decide what to emphasize, what to downplay and what to ignore entirely when it comes to race. These may be individual choices, rather than a conspiracy, but individual choices growing out of a common vision of the world can produce results all too similar to what is produced by centralized censorship or propaganda. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 8.66MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 254KB
The intelligencia in the media can decide what to emphasize, what to downplay and what to ignore entirely when it comes to race. These may be individual choices, rather than a conspiracy, but individual choices growing out of a common vision of the world can produce results all too similar to what is produced by centralized censorship or propaganda. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 9.53MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 376KB

The intelligencia in the media can decide what to emphasize, what to downplay and what to ignore entirely when it comes to race. These may be individual choices, rather than a conspiracy, but individual choices growing out of a common vision of the world can produce results all too similar to what is produced by centralized censorship or propaganda. —Thomas Sowell

1309: Thomas Sowell – Dangerous and Stupid

W1309: Thomas Sowell – Dangerous and Stupid
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. —Thomas Sowell
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 155KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 77KB
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7680×7680) 229KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×3840) 208KB

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. —Thomas Sowell

1294: Thomas Sowell – One Honest Man

W1294: Thomas Sowell – One Honest Man
It is amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. —Thomas Sowell
It is amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.62MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 282KB
It is amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 6.06MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 364KB

It is amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. —Thomas Sowell

1231: Thomas Sowell – We’re Raising Kids Who Regard Facts as Optional

W1231: Thomas Sowell - We're Raising Kids Who Regard Facts as Optional
I think we're raising whole generations who regard facts as more or less optional. We have kids in elementary school who are being urged to take stands on political issues, to write letters to congressmen and presidents about nuclear energy. They're not a decade old, and they're being thrown these kinds of questions that can absorb the lifetime of a very brilliant and learned man. And they're being taught that it's important to have views, and they're not being taught that it's important to know what you're talking about. It's important to hear the opposite viewpoint, and more important to learn how to distinguish why viewpoint A and viewpoint B are different, and which one has the most evidence or logic behind it. They disregard that. They hear something, they hear some rhetoric, and they run with it. —Thomas Sowell
I think we're raising whole generations who regard facts as more or less optional. We have kids in elementary school who are being urged to take stands on political issues, to write letters to congressmen and presidents about nuclear energy. They're not a decade old, and they're being thrown these kinds of questions that can absorb the lifetime of a very brilliant and learned man. And they're being taught that it's important to have views, and they're not being taught that it's important to know what you're talking about. It's important to hear the opposite viewpoint, and more important to learn how to distinguish why viewpoint A and viewpoint B are different, and which one has the most evidence or logic behind it. They disregard that. They hear something, they hear some rhetoric, and they run with it. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 291KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 150KB
I think we're raising whole generations who regard facts as more or less optional. We have kids in elementary school who are being urged to take stands on political issues, to write letters to congressmen and presidents about nuclear energy. They're not a decade old, and they're being thrown these kinds of questions that can absorb the lifetime of a very brilliant and learned man. And they're being taught that it's important to have views, and they're not being taught that it's important to know what you're talking about. It's important to hear the opposite viewpoint, and more important to learn how to distinguish why viewpoint A and viewpoint B are different, and which one has the most evidence or logic behind it. They disregard that. They hear something, they hear some rhetoric, and they run with it. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (5426×7680) 348KB  |  Normal Quality (2713×3840) 172KB

I think we’re raising whole generations who regard facts as more or less optional. We have kids in elementary school who are being urged to take stands on political issues, to write letters to congressmen and presidents about nuclear energy. They’re not a decade old, and they’re being thrown these kinds of questions that can absorb the lifetime of a very brilliant and learned man. And they’re being taught that it’s important to have views, and they’re not being taught that it’s important to know what you’re talking about. It’s important to hear the opposite viewpoint, and more important to learn how to distinguish why viewpoint A and viewpoint B are different, and which one has the most evidence or logic behind it. They disregard that. They hear something, they hear some rhetoric, and they run with it. —Thomas Sowell

1167: Thomas Sowell – No Contact to Economic Reality

W1167: Thomas Sowell - No Contact to Economic Reality
You can become president with no contact with economic reality. —Thomas Sowell
You can become president with no contact with economic reality. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 7.84MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 233KB
You can become president with no contact with economic reality. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 8.70MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 267KB

You can become president with no contact with economic reality. —Thomas Sowell

1159: Thomas Sowell – Slavery Can Never Be Forgotten Nor Forgiven

W1159: Thomas Sowell - Slavery Can Never Be Forgotten Nor Forgiven
To say that one has been compensated is to say that things have been set right. Slavery can neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Certainly NOT by those who never suffered it personally, and certainly NOT in exchange for money or other benefits. —Thomas Sowell (Race & Culture: A World View)
To say that one has been compensated is to say that things have been set right. Slavery can neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Certainly NOT by those who never suffered it personally, and certainly NOT in exchange for money or other benefits. —Thomas Sowell (Race & Culture: A World View)Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.47MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 178KB
To say that one has been compensated is to say that things have been set right. Slavery can neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Certainly NOT by those who never suffered it personally, and certainly NOT in exchange for money or other benefits. —Thomas Sowell (Race & Culture: A World View)Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.88MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 219KB

To say that one has been compensated is to say that things have been set right. Slavery can neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Certainly NOT by those who never suffered it personally, and certainly NOT in exchange for money or other benefits. —Thomas Sowell (Race & Culture: A World View)

1146: Thomas Sowell – Realize the Extent of Your Own Ignorance

W1146: Thomas Sowell - Realize the Extent of Your Own Ignorance
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. —Thomas Sowell
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.52MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 220KB
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.41MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 279KB

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. —Thomas Sowell

1086: Thomas Sowell – Assumptions about Gun Laws

F1086: Thomas Sowell - Assumptions about Gun Laws
When did you ever see any gun control advocate come up with numbers to show that gun control reduces murders? There’s a huge volume of evidence out there. Think of the 50 states, each having all kinds of different gun laws. Think of all the countries around the world with different gun laws. There’s different periods of history when there were different gun laws. There are all kinds of ways they can be compared. And so you have a MOUNTAIN of evidence, if you were looking for evidence. Instead they simply assume that if you have tighter gun laws you have lower murder rates. And there’s tons of empirical evidence pointing just on the opposite direction. —Thomas Sowell
When did you ever see any gun control advocate come up with numbers to show that gun control reduces murders? There’s a huge volume of evidence out there. Think of the 50 states, each having all kinds of different gun laws. Think of all the countries around the world with different gun laws. There’s different periods of history when there were different gun laws. There are all kinds of ways they can be compared. And so you have a MOUNTAIN of evidence, if you were looking for evidence. Instead they simply assume that if you have tighter gun laws you have lower murder rates. And there’s tons of empirical evidence pointing just on the opposite direction. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7680×7680) 767KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×3840) 682KB

1085: Thomas Sowell – 25% Unemployment and Great Depression

W1085: Thomas Sowell - Unemployment and Great Depression
People say the government had to intervene during the Great Depression because of the 25% unemployment. What they don't understand is there wasn’t a 25% unemployment UNTIL the government intervened. —Thomas Sowell
People say the government had to intervene during the Great Depression because of the 25% unemployment. What they don't understand is there wasn’t a 25% unemployment UNTIL the government intervened. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 204KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 90KB
People say the government had to intervene during the Great Depression because of the 25% unemployment. What they don't understand is there wasn’t a 25% unemployment UNTIL the government intervened. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7178×7680) 301KB  |  Normal Quality (3589×3840) 130KB
People say the government had to intervene during the Great Depression because of the 25% unemployment. What they don’t understand is there wasn’t a 25% unemployment UNTIL the government intervened. —Thomas Sowell