Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author, whose books include Basic Economics. He is currently senior fellow at the Hoover Institution ...

In these highlights from a 2011 interview with the Hoover Institution's Peter Robinson, economist Thomas Sowell talks about race and culture, income disparity, and education and academia.

After leaving the service, Thomas Sowell entered Harvard University, worked a part-time job as a photographer and studied the science that would become his passion and profession: economics.