While politicians squabble over the pros and cons of price controls on prescription drugs, onlooking citizens are often left scratching their heads. Many of today's economic issues are obscured by ...

A video livestream will be available on this page starting at 11 AM on Wednesday, June 2nd. Please scroll down to view. On June 2, AEI’s Jonah Goldberg moderated a discussion with AEI’s Mark J. Perry ...

Measured by his contributions to economics, political theory, and intellectual history, Thomas Sowell ranks among the towering intellects of our time. Yet, rare among such thinkers, Sowell manages ...

Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell, by Jason L. Riley, (Basic Books: 2021), 290 pages. If you learn one thing about the economic sociologist Thomas Sowell in reading Jason Riley’s wide-ranging ...

Dr. Thomas Sowell has been both a friend and a colleague of mine for over a half-century. On June 30, he completed his 90th year of life, and I want to highlight some important features of that life.

Dr. Thomas Sowell has been both a friend and a colleague of mine for over a half-century. On June 30, he will have completed his 90th year of life, and I want to highlight some important features of ...

Regarding “Notable & Quotable: Thomas Sowell on Tariffs” (April 4): Thanks to the Journal for reprinting the thoughts of a national treasure. Here is another gem from his book “Basic Economics” (2000) ...

“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 ...