Chapter 1. Thomas Sowell introduces his new book, “Intellectuals and Society,” and expounds on what he calls “the fatal misstep of intellectuals.” Chapter 2. Thomas Sowell offers examples of why ...

There has probably never been an era in history when intellectuals have played a larger role in society. When intellectuals who generate ideas are surrounded by a wide range of others who disseminate ...

There are so many fallacies about race that it would be hard to say which is the most ridiculous. However, one fallacy behind many other fallacies is the notion that there is something unusual abou ...

How did Thomas Sowell, who was born into poverty and whose intellectual journey began as a Marxist, become a famed free-market economist and one of the greatest intellectuals of his generation? That ...

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This book review is a web exclusive for the Winter 2022/23 issue of The Independent Review. Thomas Sowell is an economist, policy analyst, and social commentator whose output has been prolific in ...

If I were to rank post-World War II public intellectuals and social theorists, the Hoover Institution’s Thomas Sowell would take the top spot. There could be a real debate about who is #2, but it ...

“The more I study the history of intellectuals, the more they seem like a wrecking crew dismantling civilization bit by bit, replacing what works with what sounds good.” – Thomas Sowell “Every time we ...

In an interview in 2018, the economist Thomas Sowell had a concise answer when podcaster and commentator Dave Rubin asked what awakened him to the failures of Marxism, an ideology he had espoused in ...