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American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author

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Thomas Sowell is an American economist, economic historian, and social theorist. With widely published commentary and books - and as a guest on TV and radio - he is a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative.

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Thomas Sowell
said · Jan 25, 2021
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The average black student at MIT is in the bottom 10% of MIT students in math. But he is in the top 90% of all American students in math.

Thomas Sowell (on affirmative action), Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World (at 27m46s), 25 January 2021.

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Thomas Sowell
said · 2018
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Neither in nature nor among human beings are either equal or randomly distributed outcomes automatic.

p. 17.

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Thomas Sowell
said · May 31, 2016
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Socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound great.

"Socialism for the Uninformed", 31 May 2016

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2002National Humanities Medal
1990Francis Boyer Award
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Thomas Sowell is an American economist, economic historian, and social theorist. With widely published commentary and books - and as a guest on TV and radio - he is a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush in 2002.

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Born 1930 · age 96
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