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The Great Thomas Sowell
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About This Video
He’s an economist, a historian, a philosopher, and one of the greatest social theorists America has ever produced. His name is Thomas Sowell, and he might be the most important scholar you’ve never heard of. Jason Riley, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, tells his inspiring story.
Standards Met in Ohio
- 9-12.AH.19Grades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thThe Great Depression was caused, in part, by the federal government's monetary policies, stock market speculation, and increasing consumer debt. The role of the federal government expanded as a result of the Great Depression.
- AMH.9-12.19Grades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thThe Great Depression was caused, in part, by the federal government’s monetary policies, stock-market speculation, and increasing consumer debt. The role of the federal government expanded as a result of the Great Depression.
- AMH.9-12.19.lp.eGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thMap sequential events of the Great Depression (people use banks for loans and savings, stock market crashes, people lose faith in banks, people request their savings in cash, banks call back loan monies to pay out cash from savings, banks sell all assets to cover cash savings, no money to cover cash payouts, banks begin to fail, people can’t pay their bills because they can’t access their money, people lose assets, businesses fail, workers lose jobs).
- EFL.9-12.10.lp.hGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify what it means to trade.