Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell
Sowell in 1964
Born (1930-06-30) June 30, 1930
Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic (until 1972)
Independent (after 1972)
Spouses
Alma Parr
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(m. 1964; div. 1975)​
    Mary Ash
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    (m. 1981)​
    Children2
    Academic background
    Education
    Doctoral advisorGeorge Stigler
    Influences
    Academic work
    Discipline
    School or traditionChicago school of economics
    Institutions
    Notable ideas
     
        • Knowledge and Decisions (1980)
        • A Conflict of Visions (1987)
        • Inside American Education (1993)
        • The Vision of the Anointed (1995)
        • Basic Economics (2000)
        • Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One (2003)
        • Affirmative Action Around the World (2004)
        • Black Rednecks and White Liberals (2005)
        • Intellectuals and Society (2009)
        • The Housing Boom and Bust (2010)
        • Wealth, Poverty and Politics (2015)
        • Charter Schools and Their Enemies (2020)
      • Historical analysis of Say's law
      • Greenhouse effect
      • Dispersed knowledge
      • Middleman minorities
      • Unintended consequences
      • Black redneck theory
      • Global analysis of affirmative action
      • Einstein syndrome
    Awards
    • Francis Boyer Award (1990)
    • American Philosophical Society (1998)
    • National Humanities Medal (2002)
    • Bradley Prize (2004)
    • GetAbstract International Book Award (2008)
    Military career
    Allegiance United States
    Branch United States Marine Corps
    Years of service1951–1952
    Battles / warsKorean War
    Website
    Signature
    Notes
    1. ^ CASBS formally became part of Stanford University in 2008.
    2. ^ Sowell was first a member of the Hoover Institution as a fellow in April 1977. He became a Senior fellow in September 1980.

    Thomas Sowell (/soʊl/ SOHL; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, economic historian, and social and political commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.[1][2] With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he is a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative.[3][4][5] He was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush in 2002.[6][a]

    Sowell was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, and grew up in Harlem, New York City. Due to poverty and difficulties at home, he dropped out of Stuyvesant High School and worked various odd jobs, eventually serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. Afterward, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1958.[7] He earned a master's degree in economics from Columbia University the next year, and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 1968.[8] In his academic career, he held professorships at Cornell University, Brandeis University, and the University of California, Los Angeles. He has also worked at think tanks, including the Urban Institute. Since 1977, he has worked at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy.

    Sowell was an important figure to the conservative movement during the Reagan era, influencing fellow economist Walter E. Williams and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.[3][9][10] He was offered a position as Federal Trade Commissioner in the Ford administration[11] and was considered for posts including U.S. Secretary of Education in the Reagan administration,[12] but declined both times.[11][13]

    Sowell is the author of more than 45 books (including revised and new editions) on a variety of subjects, including politics, economics, education, and race, and he has been a syndicated columnist in more than 150 newspapers.[14][15] His views are described as conservative, especially on social issues;[4][16][17][18] libertarian, especially on economics;[16][19][20] or libertarian-conservative.[21] He has said he may be best labeled as a libertarian, though he disagrees with the "libertarian movement" on some issues, such as national defense.[22]

    1. ^ "Thomas Sowell". Hoover Institution. Archived from the original on May 16, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2022. He writes on economics, history, social policy, ethnicity, and the history of ideas.
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    6. ^ Wiltz, Teresa (February 28, 2003). "Bush Honors Eight From the Humanities". The Washington Post.
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    8. ^ Ondaatje 2010, pp. 30–31.
    9. ^ Williams, Walter E. (2010). Up from the projects : an autobiography. Stanford, California: Hoover Institution Press. ISBN 978-0817912567. OCLC 821216878.
    10. ^ Robin, Corey (2019). The enigma of Clarence Thomas (First ed.). New York City: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-1627793841. OCLC 1121044511.
    11. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Q&A-2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
    12. ^ Ondaatje 2010, p. 32.
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    14. ^ "Thomas Sowell". The National Endowment for the Humanities. Archived from the original on August 17, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
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    19. ^ Younkins, Edward W. (2002). Capitalism and Commerce: Conceptual Foundations of Free Enterprise. Lexington Books. p. 318. ISBN 978-0739152805. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
    20. ^ Zwolinski, Matt; Ferguson, Benjamin (2022). The Routledge Companion to Libertarianism. Routledge. p. 248. ISBN 978-1000569223. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
    21. ^ Harvey, Robert S.; Gonzowitz, Susan (2022). Teaching as Protest: Emancipating Classrooms Through Racial Consciousness. Routledge. p. 34. ISBN 978-1000540604. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
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