Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell (born 30 June, 1930) is an American writer, economist, and prominent conservativehttp://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20050107.shtml commentator. He was born in North Carolina.

Writings

Dr. Sowell is both a popular columnist and an academic economist.

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Besides scholarly writing, Dr. Sowell has written books, articles and syndicated columns for a general audience, in such publications as Forbes Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and major newspapers. Sowell primarily writes on economic subjects, in which he generally advocates a laissez-faire free market approach to capitalism. Sowell also writes on racial topics (he is himself African-American), and is a critic of affirmative action,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20030108.shtml,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20030109.shtml.

Related Topics:
Forbes Magazine - The Wall Street Journal - Laissez-faire - Free market - Capitalism - African-American - Affirmative action

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Columns

He has a regular column that appears on the conservative Townhall.com website. He also regularly writes a column for Capitalism Magazine. Dr. Sowell is a staunch critic of liberal media bias

Related Topics:
Townhall.com - Media bias

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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20030701.shtml,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20050218.shtml,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20041224.shtml,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20041020.shtml,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20041012.shtml; judicial activism (while staunchly defending originalism)http://www.tsowell.com/judicial.htm,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20041109.shtml,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20041110.shtml,http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassf

Related Topics:
Judicial activism - Originalism

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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20050914.shtml; partial birth abortionhttp://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20040604.shtml; gay marriagehttp://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20041231.shtml; and opposed the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20050324.shtml He has written about the internment of Japanese in WW2 and the profiling of terrorist suspects todayhttp://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20040921.shtml. Among the economic issues he writes about, he opposes laws against "insider trading"http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20040422.shtml and "predatory pricing".

Related Topics:
Terri Schiavo - Insider trading - Predatory pricing

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Books

• Sowell, Thomas (2005). Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Encounter Books, ISBN 1594030863
• Sowell, Thomas (2004). Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study, Yale University Press, ISBN 0300101996
• Sowell, Thomas (2004). Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy, Revised and Expanded, Basic Books, ISBN 0465081452
• Sowell, Thomas (2003). Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One, ISBN 0465081436
• Sowell, Thomas (2003). Inside American Education, ISBN 0743254082
• Sowell, Thomas (2002). The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late, ISBN 046508141X
• Sowell, Thomas (2002). Controversial Essays, ISBN 0817929924
• Sowell, Thomas (2002). A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles, Basic Books, ISBN 0465081428
• Sowell, Thomas (2002). A Personal Odyssey, ISBN 0684864657
• Sowell, Thomas (2002). The Quest For Cosmic Justice, ISBN 0684864630
• Sowell, Thomas (1996). The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation As a Basis for Social Policy, Basic Books, ISBN 046508995-X
• Sowell, Thomas (1986). Marxism: Philosophy and Economics, Quill, ISBN 0688064264
• Sowell, Thomas (1975). Race and Economics, David McKay Company Inc, ISBN 067930262