Today, Thursday, June 30, 2022, marks the 92nd birthday of one of the most prolific scholars and thinkers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries: Thomas Sowell. A graduate of Harvard (A.B. in Economics, 1958), Columbia (A.M. in Economics, 1959), and the University of Chicago (Ph.D. in Economics, 1968), Sowell has the distinction of having been advised and mentored by both George Stigler and Milton Friedman, both of whom would later be honored with a Nobel Prize in Economics. Brilliant in his own right, he has also held the title of Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at Stanford University's Hoover Institution for more than 40 years.
Still productive in his nineties, Sowell has written 34 book reviews, 72 essays, 19 academic articles, 10 books of collected writings, and more than 35 books, some of which have multiple editions. He wrote a weekly syndicated column for 25 years as well, addressing the major political and cultural topics of the day in real time. In recognition of a long and productive career, President George W. Bush honored Sowell with the National Humanities Medal in 2002. In 2004, he was awarded a Bradley Prize..........To Read More....
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