[VIDEO] Thomas Sowell is Back Again to Discuss His Book Wealth, Poverty, and Politics
Posted: October 16, 2016 Filed under: Economics, Education, Health and Social Issues, History, Think Tank | Tags: and statistics, Capital gains tax, damned lies, Hoover Institution, Household, Household income, Household income in the United States, lies, Mark Twain, Misuse of statistics, Statistics, Thomas Sowell Leave a comment
Hoover Institution fellow Thomas Sowell discusses inequality and how it is part of the human condition. Sowell notes that political and ideological struggles have led to a dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography, demography, and culture.
What is important is not inequality but human capital; once human capital is unleashed it creates an enormous amount of wealth for people of all classes. In addition there needs to be a sense of humility and gratitude for the generations that have gone before us for the prosperity we have today. Recorded on September 8, 2016.
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