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Thomas Sowell

American economist

Thomas Sowell is an American economist and social theorist who is currently Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Sowell was born in North Carolina, but grew up in Harlem, New York.Wikipedia

Born: June 30, 1930 (age 87 years), Gastonia, North Carolina, United States

Spouse: Mary Ash (m. 1980), Alma Jean Parr (m. 1964–1975)

Education: Stuyvesant High School, Howard University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Harvard University

Influenced by: Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, Adam Smith, MORE

Quotes

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

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Books

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Basic Economics: A Citizen...

2000

Black Rednecks and Whit...

2005

Intellectuals and Society

2009

A Conflict of Visions

1987

The Quest for Cosmic Justice

1999