thomas sowell

Thomas Sowell (born 1930) is a writer and economist and a prominent conservative http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20050107.shtml. He was born in North Carolina.

Education

Sowell grew up in Harlem and attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City, dropping out at the age of 17 when his family could no longer afford to payhttp://www-hoover.stanford.edu/pubaffairs/newsletter/01winter/review.html. After serving in Marines, he earned an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College, an A.M. in Economics from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago, known for its Chicago school of economics. Sowell has taught at prominent American universities including Cornell University and UCLA, and since 1980 has been a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, where he holds the fellowship named after Rose and Milton Friedman. The latter was one of his professors. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20020725.shtml

Dr. Sowell is nearly unique in that he is both a popular columnist and a respected academic economist. Besides scholarly writing, Dr. Sowell has written books, articles and syndicated columns for a general audience, in such publications as Forbes Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and major newspapers. Sowell primarily writes on economic subjects, in which he generally advocates a laissez-faire free market approach to capitalism. Sowell also writes on racial topics (he is himself African-American), and is a critic of affirmative action,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20030108.shtml,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20030109.shtml which has made him a controversial figure.

Sowell, Thomas (2002). A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles, Basic Books, ISBN 0465081428
Sowell, Thomas (2004). Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study, Yale University Press, ISBN 0300101996
Sowell, Thomas (2004). Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy, Revised and Expanded, Basic Books, ISBN 0465081452
Sowell, Thomas (2003). Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One ISBN 0465081436
Sowell, Thomas (1996). The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation As a Basis for Social Policy, Basic Books, ISBN 046508995-X
Sowell, Thomas (1975). Race and Economics, David McKay Company Inc, ISBN 067930262X
Sowell, Thomas (2005). Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Encounter Books, ISBN 1594030863

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