The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Monday, February 09, 2009
Economic Truth: Walter Williams & Thomas Sowell on Video
I'm blaming some of this on Glenn: his link yesterday to the Milton Friedman video on "Greed" has led to a lot of You Tube exploration. Yesterday I included Glenn's linked video with a couple of other Milton Friedman videos, which taken together make a tremendous case that the economic course which our current Administration and the Democrats in Congress have embarked upon is analogous to the Captain of the Titanic ordering his crew to increase to full speed after he was told there was an iceberg warning. Only in this case, it would be analogous to his having done so knowing in advance what would be the result.
Today: as evidence of the course we should be steering, I add a bit more video from two of my favorite living economists, Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams. Enjoy:
First, here is Dr. Walter E. Williams, snippets taken from one of his lectures:
Next Thomas Sowell and Charlie Rose discuss his "The Vision of the Anointed", in which Sowell discusses his awakening--i.e. when he turned from Marxism to Free Enterprise:
Today: as evidence of the course we should be steering, I add a bit more video from two of my favorite living economists, Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams. Enjoy:
First, here is Dr. Walter E. Williams, snippets taken from one of his lectures:
Next Thomas Sowell and Charlie Rose discuss his "The Vision of the Anointed", in which Sowell discusses his awakening--i.e. when he turned from Marxism to Free Enterprise: