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Thomas Sowell (/ s oʊ l / SOHL; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, economic historian, social philosopher 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 ...
Sowell, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, explores political and economic causes of the American housing crisis.For example, he links the Community Reinvestment Act to decreased lending standards that resulted in an increase of subprime mortgages, as the law forced banks to set up quotas of lending to minorities.
Sowell, a Black man who overcame abject poverty and constant discrimination, served our nation as a Marine during the Korean war. He took night classes at Howard University while working odd jobs.
Basic Economics is a non-fiction book by American economist Thomas Sowell published by Basic Books in 2000. The original subtitle was A Citizen's Guide to the Economy , but from the third edition in 2007 on it was subtitled A Common Sense Guide to the Economy .
Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump administration leads a wide-scale rollback of diversity, equity and ...
In a review for National Review, Jay Nordlinger writes: "What a surprise, Thomas Sowell has written another brilliant book." He adds: "Sowell takes on no issue that is easy, always going for the hard stuff. He is a scholar and writer who chews nails. You may not agree with him — but you must reckon with him." [2]
Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One (ISBN 0465081436) is a 2003 nonfiction work by economist Thomas Sowell. The second edition ( ISBN 978-0465003457 ) came out in 2008. Sowell discusses how basic economics is generally misapplied because politicians think only in Stage One. [ 1 ]
Sowell's book has been published both with and without the subtitle "Ideological Origins of Political Struggles". Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate calls Sowell's explanation the best theory given to date. [2] In his book, Pinker refers to the "unconstrained vision" as the "utopian vision" and the "constrained vision" as the "tragic vision". [3]