Controversial Essays

Written by Thomas Sowell

Narrated by Leon Nixon

One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Jul 4, 2023
• ISBN: 9781666197624

Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. For more than half a century, his writings have appeared in both popular and scholarly publications, on both sides of the Atlantic, and his books have been translated into a dozen foreign languages. After a career as an economist in the government, academia, and the corporate world, he has since 1980 been a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution. His website is www.tsowell.com.

Reviews for Controversial Essays

[xieouyang · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a great collection of a selection of insightful essays written by Sowell. They were originally published in his supyndicated newspaper column and were designed to convey and summarize his opinion on a wide range of economic and political topics.
These essays present the main insights and findings od Sowell’s extensive research and thinking on those issues. Reading tshese essays leads, or should lead one, to read his detailed reports substantiating his claims published in “serious” journals and books. He has published in prestigious journals such as The American Economic Review, Journal of Political Exonomic, Oxford Economic Papers, and others, he has also published more than 30 books.

[renzomalo · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A surprisingly easy read in which Dr. Sowell sheds light on topics ranging from Economics to Racism to general social issues, and ending, appropriately, with some "Random Thoughts:"

Bumper sticker: Gun control: Use both hands.

And then "Our national problems usually do not cause nearly as much harm as the solutions."

One more: "When the history of grossness is written, ar times may well be called its golden age."

A easy read, all things considered, as each segment was originally one of Dr. Sowell's nationally syndicated columns. It is also a joy watch his great intellect laying down his logic so simply and clearly. It was once said that it takes genius to make the complex understandable, and I agree. Einstein for instance clarified the relationship with energy and matter with his simple expression, E=Mc2