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[[Image:Thomassowell.jpg‎|thumbnail|150px|right|Thomas Sowell]]

[[Image:Thomassowell.jpg‎|thumbnail|150px|right|Thomas Sowell]]

'''Dr. Thomas Sowell''' (born June 30, 1930) is [[America]]'s most famous African American [[conservative]] author. Among his many other books, ''A Conflict of Visions'' contrasts the political beliefs of the modern left and right.<ref>[http://www.conservativemonitor.com/top-ten/conflict-of-visions.shtml A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell]</ref> Sowell has a Ph.D in [[Economics]] from [[University of Chicago]] along with an undergraduate degree from [[Harvard University]], and is currently a Senior Fellow at [[Stanford University]]'s Hoover Institution.<ref>http://www.tsowell.com/cv.html</ref><ref>https://www.hoover.org/profiles/thomas-sowell</ref>

Dr. Thomas Sowell is an American [[economist]], social theorist, and senior fellow at [[Stanford University]]'s [[Hoover Institution]].  

Sowell, who cites [[George Will]] as a personal influence, prefers writing for popular audiences over writing for more "academic" settings, saying that "writing for the general public enables him to address the heart of issues without the smoke and mirrors that so often accompany academic writing".<ref>http://www.capmag.com/author.asp?name=3</ref>

Born in North Carolina, Sowell grew up in [[Harlem]], New york. Due to finacial issues and deteriorated home conditions, he dropped out of [[Stuyvesant]] and later served in the Marine corps during the [[Korean War]]. Upon returning to the United States, Sowell enrolled at [[Harvard University]], graduating magma cum laude in 1958. He recieved a master's degree from [[Columbia university]], in 1959 and earned his [[Doctorate]] in economics from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1968.  

Sowell wrote a well-researched book criticizing "[[black redneck culture]]"<ref>[http://www.tsowell.com/Rednecks.htm Black Rednecks &amp; White Liberals]</ref> in which he points out that, "some blacks resent anything that suggests anything negative about themselves."<ref>[http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4296 Black Rednecks and White Liberals: Who's a Redneck?]</ref>

Sowell has served on the faculties of several universities including [[Cornell University]], and the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. He has also worked at [[Think tank]]s such as the Urban institute. Since 1980, he has worked at the [[Hoover Institution]] at [[Stanford University]] where he served as the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior fellow on Public policy. Sowell writes from a [[Libertarian]] perspective. Sowell has written more than thirty books, and his work has been widely praised. He is a National Humanities Medal recipient for innovative scholarship which incorporated history, economics, and political science.

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