American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author, whose books include Basic Economics. He is currently senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Thoughts on ...

One of my all-time most favorite economists — Thomas Sowell — turns 88 today, he was born on June 30, 1930. Here is Thomas Sowell’s webpage and here is his Wikipedia entry. Milton Friedman once said, ...

Guess who said the following: “We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work.” Was it Sarah Palin? Rush Limbaugh? Karl Rove? Not even close. It ...

As the nation prepared for its 249th birthday, Thomas Sowell, the nation’s greatest living economist, turned 95. That milestone is cause for reflection in California, Washington, D.C., and all across ...

In economics, the law of diminishing returns states that the benefits gained from an enterprise will be proportionally smaller the more money, time, or energy is invested in it. Thankfully this is not ...

While politicians squabble over the pros and cons of price controls on prescription drugs, onlooking citizens are often left scratching their heads. Many of today's economic issues are obscured by ...

"I was still a Marxist after taking Milton Friedman's course [at the University of Chicago]," says free market economist and social critic Thomas Sowell. "One summer in the government was enough to ...

The following is the second of three excerpts from Jason Riley’s new book “Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell,” about the iconoclastic economist. The book is available here. When Thomas Sowell ...

The Supreme Court Gets a Narrow Look at Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Order Is Congress Guilty of Treason? The intellectual giant has profoundly affected public policy and economics for decades. By age 93, ...

One of my two all-time most favorite economists — Dr. Thomas Sowell — turns 91 today, he was born on June 30, 1930. Here is Thomas Sowell’s webpage and here is his Wikipedia entry. Milton Friedman (my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Thomas Sowell, economics, politics, and life are all questions of trade-offs. So too is photography, the lifelong hobby he ...