Thomas Sowell
Economist and social theorist
Thomas Sowell is an American economist and social theorist who has worked at the Hoover Institution since 1977. He wrote Economic Facts and Fallacies and Social Justice Fallacies.
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American Born 1930 in Gastonia, United States
About Thomas Sowell
Sowell was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, in 1930 and spent his childhood in Harlem, New York City. Poverty and trouble at home led him to drop out of Stuyvesant High School. He did odd jobs and later joined the US Marine Corps, serving during the Korean War. He graduated from Harvard University in 1958 and took a master's degree in economics at Columbia University in 1959. His doctorate in economics came from the University of Chicago in 1968. As a professor, he taught at Cornell University, Brandeis University and the University of California, Los Angeles. Sowell has written over 45 books covering politics, economics, education and race. He has also written a syndicated newspaper column carried by more than 150 papers. He received the National Humanities Medal in 2002.