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

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 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 CurveRecorded on August 25, 2025Links and ReadingsJason’s writing for the Wall Street JournalJason’s book, Maverick: A Biography of Thomas SowellThoma Sowell’s memoir, A Personal JourneySowell’s book, Knowledge and DecisionsSowell’s book, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political ConflictSowell’s book, Ethnic America: A HistorySowell’s book, Race and CultureSowell’s book, Migration and Cultures: A World ViewFriedrich Von Hayek’s essay, “The Use of Knowledge in Society”Hayek’s review of Knowledge and DecisionsMary Shelley’s novel, FrankensteinSowell’s book, The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social PolicySowell’s book, The Quest for Cosmic JusticeMilton Friedman’s TV show, Free to ChooseRichard Herrnstein and Charles Murray’s book, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American LifeSowell’s American Spectator review of The Bell Curve, “Ethnicity and IQ” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe