Alan Dershowitz on Sowell and The Wisdom of the Common Man

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY:Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win!In this episode, Alan discusses his all time favorite Thomas Sowell book, "Intellectuals and Society", published in 2010.Alan outlines 10 key ideas from the book:#1: Intellectuals influence and shape public opinion, even when most people don’t read or even hear their ideas first hand.#...

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Thomas Sowell might well be our greatest living Intellectual. His accomplishments span 6 decades and include over 40 books and thousands of columns and articles written on a wide range of topics, from economics to sociology to history to race and culture. It is hard to name another intellectual who has studied and written on as wide a range of topics in such a profound way. This podcast will discuss his ideas and is intended to provide a place for admirers of his work to discuss his contributions with other like minded thinkers.