Sowell is an true American treasure. To think this country will lose him shortly to age and what the hell are going to then?

Anybody here for more than a few threads will recognize this as my favorite quote from this brilliant man:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell

Thomas Sowell (/soʊl/ SOHL; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social philosopher, and political commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.^[1][2] With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he became a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative.^[3][4][5] He was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush in 2002

Legacy and honors

• 1982: the Mencken Award for Best Book, from the Free Press Association, for his Ethnic America: A History.
• 1990: the Francis Boyer Award, presented by the American Enterprise Institute.
• 1998: the Sydney Hook Award, from the National Association of Scholars.^[116]
• 1998: elected membership to the American Philosophical Society.^[117]
• 2002: the National Humanities Medal, presented by President George W. Bush, for prolific scholarship melding history, economics, and political science.
• 2003: the Bradley Prize for intellectual achievement.^[118]
• 2004: the Lysander Spooner Award, presented by Laissez Faire Books, for his Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One.^[119]
• 2008: the International Book Award, from getAbstract, for his book Economic Facts and Fallacies.^[120]

Career chronology

• Labor economist, U.S. Department of Labor, June 1961 – August 1962
• Instructor in economics, Douglass College, Rutgers University, September 1962 – June 1963
• Lecturer in economics, Howard University, September 1963 – June 1964
• Economic analyst, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., June 1964 – August 1965
• Assistant professor of economics, Cornell University, September 1965 – August 1969^[34]
• Associate professor of economics, Brandeis University, September 1969 – June 1970
• Associate professor of economics, University of California, Los Angeles, September 1970 – June 1972
• Project director, Urban Institute, August 1972 – July 1974
• Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, July 1976 – March 1977
• Visiting professor of economics, Amherst College, September–December 1977
• Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, April–August 1977
• Professor of economics, UCLA, July 1974 – June 1980
• Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, September 1980–present

Bibliography

Books

• 1971. Economics: Analysis and Issues. Scott Foresman & Co.
• 1972. Black Education: Myths and Tragedies. David McKay Co. . ISBN 0-679-30015-5 .
• 1972. Say's Law: An Historical Analysis. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-04166-7.
• 1974. Classical Economics Reconsidered. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-00358-0.
• 1975. Race and Economics. David McKay Co. ISBN 978-0-679-30262-9.
• 1980. Knowledge and Decisions. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-03736-0.
• 1981. Ethnic America: A History . Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-02074-7 .
  • Chapter 1, "The American Mosaic ."
• 1981. Markets and Minorities. Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-04399-2 .
• 1981. Pink and Brown People: and Other Controversial Essays . Hoover Press . ISBN 0-8179-7532-2.
• 1983. The Economics and Politics of Race. William Morrow. ISBN 0-688-01891-2.
• 1984. Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality? William Morrow. ISBN 0-688-03113-7.
• 1985. Marxism: Philosophy and Economics. Quill. ISBN 0-688-06426-4.
• 1986. Education: Assumptions Versus History. Hoover Press. ISBN 0-8179-8112-8.
• 1987. A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles . William Morrow. ISBN 0-688-06912-6 .
• 1987. Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays. William Morrow. ISBN 0-688-07114-7.
• 1990. Preferential Policies: An International Perspective. ISBN 0-688-08599-7
• 1993. Inside American Education. New York: The Free Press. ISBN 0-7432-5408-2.
• 1993. Is Reality Optional?: and Other Essays. Hoover. ISBN 978-0-8179-9262-0.
• 1995. Race and Culture: A World View. ISBN 0-465-06796-4.
• 1995. The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation As a Basis for Social Policy. Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-08995-X.
• 1996. Migrations and Cultures: A World View. ISBN 0-465-04589-8. OCLC 41748039.
• 1998. Conquests and Cultures: An International History. ISBN 0-465-01400-3.
• 1998. Late-Talking Children. ISBN 0-465-03835-2.
• 1999. The Quest for Cosmic Justice . ISBN 0-684-86463-0.
• 2000. A Personal Odyssey. ISBN 0-684-86465-7.
• 2000. Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy (1st ed.) . Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-08145-2.
• 2002. Controversial Essays. Hoover. ISBN 0-8179-2992-4.
• 2002. The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late. ISBN 0-465-08141-X.
• 2003. Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One. ISBN 0-465-08143-6.
• 2004. Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press . ISBN 978-0-300-10775-3 .
• 2004. Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy (revised and expanded ed.). New York: Basic Books.
• 2005. Black Rednecks and White Liberals. San Francisco: Encounter Books. ISBN 978-1-59403-086-4.
• 2006. Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays . Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-8179-4752-1. OCLC 253604328. ASIN 0817947523 .
• 2006. On Classical Economics. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12606-8.^[121]
• 2007. A Man of Letters. San Francisco, CA: Encounter Books. ISBN 978-1-59403-196-0.
• 2007. Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy (3rd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books. ISBN 978-0-465-00260-3. OCLC 76897806.
• 2008. Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One (2nd ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-00345-7 . OCLC 260206351 .
• 2008. Economic Facts and Fallacies . Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-00349-5. OCLC 1033591370. ASIN 0465003494.
• 2009. The Housing Boom and Bust. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01880-2.
  • Chapter 5, "The Past and the Future Archived November 25, 2021, at the Wayback Machine."
• 2010. Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy (4th ed.). Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02252-6.
• 2010. Dismantling America: and Other Controversial Essays. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02251-9 . OCLC 688505777 .
• 2010. Intellectuals and Society . Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01948-9 . Lay summary .
• 2011. The Thomas Sowell Reader. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02250-2.
• 2011. Economic Facts and Fallacies, 2nd edition. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465022038
• 2013. Intellectuals and Race. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-05872-3.
• 2014. Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy (5th ed.). New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-06073-3.
• 2015. Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective. Basic Books.^[122]
• 2016. Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective (2nd ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-09676-3.
• 2018. Discrimination and Disparities. Basic Books. ISBN 978-1-541-64560-8.
• 2019. Discrimination and Disparities (revised, enlarged ed.) Basic Books. ISBN 978-1-541-64563-9.
• 2020. Charter Schools and Their Enemies. Basic Books. ISBN 978-1-541-67513-1.
• 2023. Social Justice Fallacies. Basic Books. ISBN 978-1-541-60392-9.

Selected essays

• Sowell, Thomas (May 1973). "Arthur Jensen and His Critics: The Great IQ Controversy". Change. 5 (4): 33–37. doi:10.1080/00091383.1973.10568506. JSTOR40161749.
• 1975. "Affirmative Action Reconsidered. Was It Necessary in Academia?" (Evaluation Studies 27). Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. ISBN 0-8447-3199-4. LCCN 75-42779.
• 1979. "Status versus Behavior." Washington University Law Review 1979(1):179–188.
• 1982. "Weber and Bakke, and the Presuppositions of 'Affirmative Action'." pp. 37–63 in Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and Equal Opportunity: An Economic and Social Perspective, edited by W. E. Block and M. A. Walker. Fraser Institute. ISBN 978-0-88975-039-5.
• 2002. "The Education of Minority Children Archived June 26, 2020, at the Wayback Machine." pp. 79–92 in Education in the Twenty-First Century, edited by E. P. Lazear. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press. Available via eText.
• 2002. "Discrimination, Economics, and Culture." pp. 167–180 in Beyond the Color Line: New Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America, edited by A. Thernstrom and S. Thernstrom. Hoover Institution Press.
• 2012. "'Trickle Down' Theory and 'Tax Cuts for the Rich'" (Hoover Institution Press Publication 635) Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-8179-1615-2. Google Books: EY3prsH-5bwC.

30 Priceless Quotes from the Great Thomas Sowell

Sowell has an amazing ability to communicate timeless truths succinctly.

https://fee.org/articles/30-priceless-quotes-from-the-great-thomas-sowell/?gclid=CjwKCAiA-P-rBhBEEiwAQEXhHwtkL5zzuK2tttm7sIo-BBBeKKCVfelPaD4t-U_fV6_0eKe16zwNFhoCqcEQAvD_BwE

Without further delay, here are 30 of Thomas Sowell’s best quotes:

1. “Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.”

If cutworms link to the interview wasn't enough, here's another one from 5 years ago, when he was still a young guy (-:       with the same 2 guys and this one was even longer:

              Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS5WYp5xmvI

“Some things must be done on faith, but the most dangerous kind of faith is that which masquerades as ‘science.’”