Thomas Sowell

Discrimination and Disparities gathers a wide array of empirical evidence to challenge the idea that different economic outcomes can be explained by any one factor, be it discrimination, exploitation, or genetics.

In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives....

An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony....

This explosive new audiobook challenges many of the long-held assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans and Nazis, about slavery, and about education....

This book is about the great moral issues underlying many of the headline-making political controversies of our times....

Social Justice Fallacies reveals how many things that are thought to be true simply cannot stand up to documented facts, which are often the opposite of what is widely believed....

This reissue of Thomas Sowell’s classic study of decision making, which includes a preface by the author, updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Anointed....

Marxism is a term that many people freely use, but few seem to grasp its implications. Sowell's book is the antidote to this problem....

This book is geared to the average citizen with little or no economics background who would like the tools to think critically about economic issues. Sowell is a leading conservative economist....

The role of intellectuals in racial strife is here explored in an international context that puts the American experience in a wholly new light....

Thomas Sowell provides us with a useful and concise record tracing the history of nine ethnic groups....

Thomas Sowell takes aim at a range of legal, social, racial, educational, and economic issues in this latest collection of his controversial, never boring, always thought-provoking essays....

The underlying concern of these essays is about what these very different kinds of cases say about the general direction of American society....

Learning economics should be not only a relaxed experience but also an enjoyable one....

Sowell offers opinions on social and foreign policy, law, education, and race, reserving his sharpest criticism for special-interest groups....

The fourth edition of Basic Economics is both expanded and updated....

A Man of Letters traces the life, career, and commentaries on controversial issues of Thomas Sowell over a period of more than four decades through his letters to and from family, friends, and public figures.

Thomas Sowell's life-long education in the school of hard knocks took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist....

These selections from the many writings of Thomas Sowell over a period of half a century cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational, and political issues....

Using an international framework, Sowell analyzes how much a racial group’s economic fate is determined by the surrounding society....